Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split as a general thing.
I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy - a crow and a rabbit - to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork.
People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle that's the time to do something about it not when it's around your neck.