That's a term that's never made sense to me. If a person loses his / her life, then doesn't that lead you to believe that that same person may or may not find it again, the same as with any other lost item? Wouldn't it be more appropriate and accurate to just say, "John and Jane Doe's lives were snuffed out this evening in a fiery two -car crash on state route 329"? Just wondering if such terminology bothers anyone else as much as it does me. In short, I don't see how one can lose his / her life without the possibility that they may or may not find it again.
2007-02-20 16:30:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I think the term "lose" is used to mean "to not have something anymore," like when you lose the ability to walk, or when you lose interest in something, or when a seed loses its outer coat, or when an object has "lost its luster." There is no searching -- the thing disappears or is removed.
There are other meanings of the word "lose," (including: to misplace; to not win) but those aren't the ones being used in this case.
2007-02-20 16:47:44 · answer #1 · answered by Surely Funke 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe what you are saying is very true. I think society has used lost their life because it almost seems like a mistake and that it shouldnt have happened leaving the death for to blame someone! Its really all about what you as an individual believe!Great Point you got though
2007-02-20 16:37:06 · answer #2 · answered by sunmeesa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we use the term 'losing your life' because we miss the person who has died and don't want to think of them as gone forever. To say that their lives were snuffed out - that's more definite, and it hurts more to think about.
2007-02-20 16:35:12 · answer #3 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's said that way because if you loses your life then it was by an illness, etc. If you lost your life then it was taken by another person. I say this because we lost our 12 year old son by a girl that hit him with her car so to us he lost his life due to another persons mistake. Good luck: Blueladybug
2007-02-20 16:41:07 · answer #4 · answered by Blueladybug 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, the term "Lost their life" means that the person will not move again as their spirit is gone.
2007-02-20 16:37:23 · answer #5 · answered by GPS94 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is a drive way a drive way when ppl park on it or a parkway when ppl drive on it! i guess its easier to ppl to say lost like it can be found but it really cant it couls be the media trying to make things politicly correct
2007-02-20 16:35:31 · answer #6 · answered by jumanjisapikey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
guess its just a more polite way of saying they "kicked the bucket."
when you lose your sanity...do you really ever find that? is it lost..or is is just gone temporarily??????
2007-02-20 16:38:40 · answer #7 · answered by Chrissy C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe they will find it again.......ever hear of resurrection?!
2007-02-20 16:35:31 · answer #8 · answered by iwonder 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋