Burying The Dead A Waste Of Space?

[LoneKiller]

Hi Everyone.

I was watching a movie earlier and it reminded me of a conversation I had with the club president who is 72 yo, when he picked me up for chess one time. The topic was death. how exciting is that?

He has a pretty interesting outlook on the dead. He feels that burying the dead is a waste of space. When he said this, it caught me off guard to say the least. lol

I guess I can see where he's coming from. I'm curious to know what your opinion is on his remark.


Thanks for viewing!


God Bless.
LK

 

[IgnoredOne]

Never waste potential protein supplements.

 

[Naleena]

It depends on the meaning of the dead and how you look at it. Would you say it's a waste of space to bury someone you love?
It's not a waste of space, but it certainly isn't the best we could do for the enviorment. I'm more for cremation, personally. I'd rather have my ashes scattered over a mountain top to blow free among the trees and animals than be confined to a box in the ground.

 

[Bread]

I don't much care for burial and graveyards, personally, but a lot of folks can get their pants in a twist about this subject. Me, I'd prefer everybody was incinerated on their passing, or put into catacombs or whatnot. Added bonus of no zombie uprisings.

 

[TheSolitaryMan]

I'm writing an article at the moment to analyse when being green stops being ethical, this'd be another interesting thing to discuss in it actually

I don't know. As much as I think caring for the environment is very important, I don't think we're critically crowding or abusing our natural space just by putting dead bodies into 6 foot deep holes in the soil.

If we were piling the coffin high with food and drink and then burning it all I could sort of understand the wastage. I don't think you can really put a Draconian eco-price on simply having a place to visit your dead loved ones, however.

(As for burial versus cremation, I'm not sure. On the one hand I'd like to be buried next to my family members, on the other being free to "move" even after my death is a pleasant idea )

 

[theSmokingRabbit]

I want to be shot into space in the direction mostly likely to take me the longest distance so I can see the stars up close...


Not a waste compared to ground space right?

Space shuttle, space coffin, rocket fuel, etc...

 

[Naleena]

I'm writing an article at the moment to analyse when being green stops being ethical, this'd be another interesting thing to discuss in it actually

I don't know. As much as I think caring for the environment is very important, I don't think we're critically crowding or abusing our natural space just by putting dead bodies into 6 foot deep holes in the soil.

If we were piling the coffin high with food and drink and then burning it all I could sort of understand the wastage. I don't think you can really put a Draconian eco-price on simply having a place to visit your dead loved ones, however.

(As for burial versus cremation, I'm not sure. On the one hand I'd like to be buried next to my family members, on the other being free to "move" even after my death is a pleasant idea )

OMG, Soltary, THAT sounds so interesting! I'd love to read it or know what you discover. Being ethical, I guess is not as easy as it sounds. Speaking on being "ethical", the question might be who are we being "ethical" for? Have you heard about the controversy at Stonehenge? A group of archaeologists dug up some of the remains at Stonehenge. Some people feel it is the final resting place of someone and that it is unethical to remove their bones and are calling for them to be returned. Others feel that it is more important to study the remains to learn more about the people of Stonehenge and the history. The pagan/Druid community is really divided on this subject. Not a green issue, but certainly an ethical one.
Green is supposed to be ethical in that it saves the earth and mankind. Have you discovered where it is not ethical?

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I want to be shot into space in the direction mostly likely to take me the longest distance so I can see the stars up close...


Not a waste compared to ground space right?

Space shuttle, space coffin, rocket fuel, etc...

ROFLMAO!!!! Maybe you can get someone to go with you and split the cost?

 

[LoneKiller]

I want to be shot into space in the direction mostly likely to take me the longest distance so I can see the stars up close...


Not a waste compared to ground space right?

Space shuttle, space coffin, rocket fuel, etc...

lol

 

[Limlim]

It is a huge waste of space, that said it's really the tombstones that are the problem. If we bury people deep enough and allow people to build on top of the land they were burred in, I don't see a problem.

 

[nerdygirl]

I, also, think burial takes up far too much land. My mother asked me to have her cremated and to either have the ashes buried or scattered. I've always wanted to be cremated, but hadn't considered the option of burying the ashes until she said it. That sounds like a nice idea for anybody who wants to be able to visit the resting place of their loved ones.

 

[tedgresham]

I want to be shot into space in the direction mostly likely to take me the longest distance so I can see the stars up close...


Not a waste compared to ground space right?

Space shuttle, space coffin, rocket fuel, etc...

Abso-freakin'lutely. Maybe if all of us with such a nutty idea (not to us, to them!) got together we could get a reduction in price for the trip. Ya think?

I told my wife if she buried me in a box I'd come back and haunt her. I am claustrophobic! Ha. I told her to have me cremated and put my ashes in a locket and wear me around her neck... I'd be close to something I love! (her ****s!) lol She said, "no way." Sigh.

Burial is a waste of real estate. My family, being good Baptists they are, think cremation is a sin! How will Jesus 'call us up' on that day he gets around to coming back, right? I ask about all those who are blown up, burned in buildings, etc., and they just shrug.

I see no point in burying someone and then visiting the plot. My family thinks I'm cold hearted. Am I? I have things that remind me of my parents, even have what I call my "shrine" for dad where his wallet, drivers' license, other mementos are displayed. Mom's stuff is there, too. Their memories walk with me, they're not in a box in the ground.

This brings up another pet peeve of mine: funeral processions. Good grief, it's time to end that tradition. I told my wife the last thing I'd want is a dozen people cussing about being held up fifteen minutes for some dead guy. Of course it'd be more like fifteen seconds for me, just the hearse, a car with my family in it, and a pickup driven by the guys who would bury the box.

OK, so you brought all this up and I am killing time, I'm not so fond of funerals, either. Why gather "loved ones" together, play somber music and do every damned thing you can to make everyone as sad as possible? When my wife's boss's husband died he had stipulated no funeral and cremation. Instead his son held a kind of wake, a send-off at the guy's favorite sports bar. There was plenty of beer, pictures of the guy, and conversation about him. It was all informal and worked very well. Yep, don't mourn my passing, everybody get drunk and talk about what a wild and weird guy I was. Works for me.

 

[Minus]

I think there is someone who just chucks them into the swamp.

 

[annik]

Er...pass...

 

[IgnoredOne]

I want to be buried in a masoleum with treasure and traps. High level mobs, also.

 

[theSmokingRabbit]

I want to be buried in a masoleum with treasure and traps. High level mobs, also.

*******...

What no doubt priceless item that I require will you have with you?




Also glad my superman death garnered so much support.

Watch the sky for me...