tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post2836668642508888602..comments2023-11-03T06:32:28.410-04:00Comments on Staring At Empty Pages: Life expectancyBarry Leibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-29816136545515206742007-09-12T09:53:00.000-04:002007-09-12T09:53:00.000-04:00That's right, since life expectancy is the average...That's right, since life expectancy is the average, one could assume those at the bottom of the socio-economic scale could expect to live even less years than those at the top and, those in dangerous occupations - which was farming (those that actually worked the land, not gentlemen farmers like Tom) and the military in those days - would also expect to live shorter lives. So good ole Tom, Benji and such could expect to live longer lives and would know others (their families, their friends and the justices they nominated for "life terms," their socio-economic group) that would live longer, that was their norm. That's what the framers would expect life terms to mean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com