Comments on: Secret of the Beaufort Sea – Page 33 http://deepdivedaredevils.com/?p=374 Weekly Nautical Adventure Webcomic Thu, 27 Nov 2025 02:44:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gillsing http://deepdivedaredevils.com/?p=374#comment-2162 Gillsing Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:10:37 +0000 http://deepdivedaredevils.com/?p=374#comment-2162 In a world with gods and magic I guess it's impossible to know for sure if a disease is divine punishment or not. Not unless you can communicate with the gods and rely on your interpretation of their answer. And unfortunately the spirit-interpreter in this case is heavily biased, so it's likewise impossible to tell if he's right about the reasons for all those deaths, or if he just chose to interpret it that way because it suited his animosity towards Armstrong. Though if it's just between "sickness" or "angry gods", then I'd go with "sickness", because that seems more likely. But "sickness due to angry gods" seems just as reasonable as just "angry gods", though I think it would be pretty mean of the gods to use such a severe punishment against the Inuits. So in the end I guess that I lean towards just "sickness", with the "angry gods" being the shaman's interpretation. (Not that I doubt that the gods were angry. They certainly seemed to have reason to be.) In a world with gods and magic I guess it’s impossible to know for sure if a disease is divine punishment or not. Not unless you can communicate with the gods and rely on your interpretation of their answer.

And unfortunately the spirit-interpreter in this case is heavily biased, so it’s likewise impossible to tell if he’s right about the reasons for all those deaths, or if he just chose to interpret it that way because it suited his animosity towards Armstrong.

Though if it’s just between “sickness” or “angry gods”, then I’d go with “sickness”, because that seems more likely. But “sickness due to angry gods” seems just as reasonable as just “angry gods”, though I think it would be pretty mean of the gods to use such a severe punishment against the Inuits. So in the end I guess that I lean towards just “sickness”, with the “angry gods” being the shaman’s interpretation. (Not that I doubt that the gods were angry. They certainly seemed to have reason to be.)

]]> By: tkg http://deepdivedaredevils.com/?p=374#comment-2161 tkg Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:08:32 +0000 http://deepdivedaredevils.com/?p=374#comment-2161 I think it's the Flu or Pneumonia, those spread as fast as depicted above. Both can manifest on a ship even in the arctic, especially in ships like the gardener which are perpetually wet. TB generally tends to manifest in warm places since the natural bacterium need warm and wet to survive. Think bogs riverbanks stagnant pools. I think it’s the Flu or Pneumonia, those spread as fast as depicted above. Both can manifest on a ship even in the arctic, especially in ships like the gardener which are perpetually wet.

TB generally tends to manifest in warm places since the natural bacterium need warm and wet to survive. Think bogs riverbanks stagnant pools.

]]> By: MalikTous http://deepdivedaredevils.com/?p=374#comment-2159 MalikTous Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:37:37 +0000 http://deepdivedaredevils.com/?p=374#comment-2159 Looks like the typical white man curse, probably TB or influenza to which the Inuit tribe has no resistance. Hope for the resolution to see how they deal with it realtime with a boat that swims with the whales instead of murdering them! Looks like the typical white man curse, probably TB or influenza to which the Inuit tribe has no resistance. Hope for the resolution to see how they deal with it realtime with a boat that swims with the whales instead of murdering them!

]]> By: T. Gatto http://deepdivedaredevils.com/?p=374#comment-2158 T. Gatto Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:35:45 +0000 http://deepdivedaredevils.com/?p=374#comment-2158 Not the twist I expected, well done. :) Not the twist I expected, well done. :)

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