Quote Originally Posted by Max_Killjoy View Post
"Natural" includes:

* an extensive list of diseases and parasites, both chronic and fatal
* being eaten by large predatory animals
* dying from an infection after a minor cut or scrape
* death from minor childbirth complications
* high infant mortality
* constantly being a bad season away from starvation
* raids by neighboring or roving "bands", including murder, rape, kidnapping, theft, loss of territory, etc

"Natural" is a rotten measure of what's good or positive.
My favorite response to the "but it's [un]natural" argument is: "Arsenic is natural too. Doesn't mean it's good for you." Oh, and humans are part of nature so everything we do is natural. Hooray!