http://www.thecheckoutline.org/blog/who-gets-to-choose-where-to-be-buried/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Tue, 22 May 2012 07:56:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/blog/who-gets-to-choose-where-to-be-buried/comment-page-1/#comment-12249 doug Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:31:20 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=797#comment-12249 I am not convinced he "seduced small boys". Judge not least you be judged. I am not convinced he “seduced small boys”.
Judge not least you be judged.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/blog/who-gets-to-choose-where-to-be-buried/comment-page-1/#comment-11811 Holly Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:26:56 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=797#comment-11811 Learn from the Hindus - burn those bodies and scatter the ashes, Ecology, as in water for cemeteries. Greedy funeral industry. Family feuds. Space. Graves becoming shrines. Time for rites. Need I say more? Learn from the Hindus - burn those bodies and scatter the ashes, Ecology, as in water for cemeteries. Greedy funeral industry. Family feuds. Space. Graves becoming shrines. Time for rites. Need I say more?

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/blog/who-gets-to-choose-where-to-be-buried/comment-page-1/#comment-11801 Josh Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:22:46 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=797#comment-11801 Very useful advice, Judy. However: I assume if someone wants to be buried in an unlawful manner (body thrown into a river, say), and therefore the wishes of the deceased cannot be met, it is the next of kin who decides. My great uncle has expressed those very wishes -- he really does want his corpse thrown into the ocean -- and because of his age we have humored him. But we know that's just not gonna happen on our watch... Very useful advice, Judy. However: I assume if someone wants to be buried in an unlawful manner (body thrown into a river, say), and therefore the wishes of the deceased cannot be met, it is the next of kin who decides. My great uncle has expressed those very wishes — he really does want his corpse thrown into the ocean — and because of his age we have humored him. But we know that’s just not gonna happen on our watch…

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