Quotation about “civilization being only 24 hours and two meals away from barbarism”?
There’s a quotation about “civilization being only 24 hours and two meals away from barbarism”.
(I may have the number of hours and meals wrong)
Where does the saying come from?
I think I first came across it in a Terry Pratchett novel, but I found a web reference (which I’ve now lost) attributing it to a Larry Niven novel published in the 70s. I have a feeling it’s even older, though.
That’s certainly an intriguing quote. I have no clue where it came from, but I always like to watch movies where New York City is in the cross-hairs of cataclysm (ex. Independence Day, the Day After Tomorrow, War of the Worlds, etc.) and how New Yorkers turn into bottom feeding barbarians, each after his/her own skin. I think there’s more truth to that quote than one might think at first glance.
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Rough Cut [VHS] $14.95 … |
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Distant Drums [VHS] $7.68 … |
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The Best of Larry Niven (Hardcover) $26.14 Description not available. |
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Betrayer of Worlds (Hardcover) $16.98 Description not available. |
