tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post114244451670174596..comments2023-06-24T06:54:23.141-04:00Comments on The Chestnut Tree Cafe: Is This the Path We Want to Travel?Jim Wetzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-1142450573237233142006-03-15T14:22:00.000-05:002006-03-15T14:22:00.000-05:00Some faiths believe that what happens to the body ...Some faiths believe that what happens to the body after death is actually quite important, as proper internment is essential to reaching the afterlife.<BR/><BR/>My problem with this desecration is that it was done without any consideration for the wishes of the deceased or their families. As that great bastion of news People magazine noted, leaving aside issues of life and death, there's the little matter of falsifying the age and cause of death. I'm proud to be an organ doner, but if I die of bone cancer, I wouldn't want someone to recieve any part of my skeleton. (This is what was done with Alastair Cooke's body.)lemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767103318863906140noreply@blogger.com