I don't know what to say

[ZiprHead]

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[LordKiran]

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What an apt physical metaphor for the US Gov's regard for our troops. Are you sure this is real though?

 

[skepticalbip]

What an apt physical metaphor for the US Gov's regard for our troops. Are you sure this is real though?

It is sorta real but the video leaves an impression that whole bodies were chopped up and dumped which isn't real. My understanding is that it was unidentifiable parts (not bodies) that were cremated and dumped. Still, however, that is outrageous. I would think more fitting would be to erect a monument like "The tomb of the unknown soldier" and inter the ashes there.

 

[LordKiran]

What an apt physical metaphor for the US Gov's regard for our troops. Are you sure this is real though?

It is sorta real but the video leaves an impression that whole bodies were chopped up and dumped which isn't real. My understanding is that it was unidentifiable parts (not bodies) that were cremated and dumped. Still, however, that is outrageous. I would think more fitting would be to erect a monument like "The tomb of the unknown soldier" and inter the ashes there.

Yeah but this is cheaper so fuck it.

 

[SimpleDon]

What an apt physical metaphor for the US Gov's regard for our troops. Are you sure this is real though?

It is sorta real but the video leaves an impression that whole bodies were chopped up and dumped which isn't real. My understanding is that it was unidentifiable parts (not bodies) that were cremated and dumped. Still, however, that is outrageous. I would think more fitting would be to erect a monument like "The tomb of the unknown soldier" and inter the ashes there.

But this is after all what hospitals do with amputated limbs and tissue from surgeries. My wife just had a double mastectomy. Are we suppose to bury her removed tissue? Respectfully?

 

[skepticalbip]

It is sorta real but the video leaves an impression that whole bodies were chopped up and dumped which isn't real. My understanding is that it was unidentifiable parts (not bodies) that were cremated and dumped. Still, however, that is outrageous. I would think more fitting would be to erect a monument like "The tomb of the unknown soldier" and inter the ashes there.

But this is after all what hospitals do with amputated limbs and tissue from surgeries. My wife just had a double mastectomy. Are we suppose to bury her removed tissue? Respectfully?

Do you suppose that there may be a bit of difference? All that was left for the families of the sons and husbands who died in those wars was fragments of body parts returned to Dover. It would be little comfort for the families to be told, "your kid or husband is reported dead, blown apart by an explosion. Some of his remains may have been dumped somewhere in the land fill if you would like to visit it."

 

[SimpleDon]

But this is after all what hospitals do with amputated limbs and tissue from surgeries. My wife just had a double mastectomy. Are we suppose to bury her removed tissue? Respectfully?

Do you suppose that there may be a bit of difference? All that was left for the families of the sons and husbands who died in those wars was fragments of body parts returned to Dover. It would be little comfort for the families to be told, "your kid or husband is reported dead, blown apart by an explosion. Some of his remains may have been dumped somewhere in the land fill if you would like to visit it."

I understood that they only cremated the body parts that couldn't be identified by DNA tests. Then it is "we couldn't find any body or even any part of him." (This is a re-run of this story from about eight years ago and I am pretty sure a re-run of the thread. I am certain that I was suitably scandalized then. I was still in easily offended vet mode then.)

I have had this discussion with my wife, what to do with my body when I die. (I am about five years over due right now.) She was unhappy when I told her I wanted to be cremated and my ashes scattered on the Appalachian Trail. She wanted a Simple Don shrine to visit . So I told her to do whatever she wants with my mortal remains. She bought two cremation plots in her hometown cemetery, a Catholic cemetery. She is finally going to turn me into a Catholic.

What I am saying is that I might not be that sensitive to traditional American funerary rituals. I am sorry to have offended.

 

[skepticalbip]

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What I am saying is that I might not be that sensitive to traditional American funerary rituals. I am sorry to have offended.

No problem. I wasn't offended. Personally, I don't care if my body (after I finish using it) is sold for dog food. I was saying that the military should have much more respect for the families of the war dead, many of who do care about such things. It is only those families, not the dead, that may find some comfort in believing the ashes of their son along with others is being memorialized.