Posted on 07/14/2009 10:08:23 AM PDT by harwood
interesting...obama probably connected somehow....
I have to ask....why? You wouldn’t know it. I don’t care what they do with my body when I’m done with it. It’s like moving out of a house. The house is empty.
ding ding we have a winner....
Over there burial plots in some areas are officially reused if the rent isn't paid etc.
Europe has dealt with this issue in many ways, including (as you mentioned) rent. But they've also used catacombs, astudans, and ossuaries. The Ossuary at Sedlec, Czech Republic (^) contains tens of thousands of skeletons.
If reburying a body elsewhere offends sensibilities, I wonder what people might think of their relatives being made into chandeliers, furniture, or architectural features?
The Mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico (^) exist because they were evicted from the cemetery they were originally interred in because their relatives couldn't or wouldn't pay the annual tax. The museum where they are displayed is open to this day, and are the focus of a tour in the United States.
Additionally, for many decades, traveling carnivals in the United States have had various corpses, some purporting to be various celebrities, criminals, or simply malformed humans. Until recently, we've had no problem whatsoever digging up Native American burial mounds or displaying mummies from other cultures. Not exactly respectful.
Americans of the past several hundred years are probably the most careful and respectful of the dead of any society.Which is why we are appalled by these grave-robbers.
Agreed. At the same time, we seem to toss that care and respect aside from time to time when it suits us.
some asian countrys also....i saw one (japan?) where the family goes years later to empty the grave of the bones to prepare it for future family use...i don’t remember what they did or do with the bones....
Actually, it implies that 4/16/99 was the last time she visited his grave.
There’s something very evil about people who would defile graves like that.
Wow that is so appropriate on this thread, you are one heck of a funny guy!! Har! Har! /shakes head in disbelief
I don’t know but apparently the place was a bit ramshackle and it may have been hard to tell? I wonder if people had been complaining about irregularities, moved headstones, whatever, and just nothing was done until now?
That is just heartbreaking with that little girl. Bad enough to have a child die.
So glad you enjoyed it. Look for more soon.
I think it's more a waste of money to me than anything else. Why spend all that money on a coffin, a vault, the plot, the headstone? I'd rather my kids get the money. I know what it costs to have myself cremated, and it's much less than being buried. I don't even want calling hours. I've gone through all that with family members. I told my kids to just take my ashes, and the ashes of my three cats, and release them somewhere. I figure if Obama can do it with his grandmother's ashes, my kids can do it with mine.
I've been through many cemeteries in my life. Many are old, overgrown, and uncared for. Then there's cemeteries like Mt. Auburn in Cambridge, Mass., which is more of a wildlife refuge/botanical garden, than a cemetery. Some families have mausoleums, some elaborate headstones, with ornate wrought iron fencework. Back then they were designed to be memorials to their loved ones. Today, they're looked upon as works of art. Also, many people paid for perpetual care for their plots, and more than likely, there aren't even any family members left to visit them.
Well, you’ll still need a coffin. They cremate it right along with you. But I hear what you’re saying. The only good thing about funerals is that it gives the family a chance to be together and it let’s them get used to the idea of having lost someone. That’s important in the case of sudden death or a young person. Grieving is important but a lot of the extraneous stuff is a scam.
Exactly. You phrased it much better than I did. Thank you.
There was no racist intent, in fact no thought to racism at all. I don't know where you got that idea.
My caution simply reflects that the dead deserve respect. I can't imagine the grief and violation I might feel if my departed relatives were in this same cemetery. I wish to extend the same dignity to others as I would hope them to extend to me had these same events happened at my family's burial plot.
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