Quote Originally Posted by GreenDestiny
Another thing that bugs me about people's obsession with self-importance: death rituals.

Too many people have an unhealthy obsession dealing with dead bodies... pumping it full of chemicals, adding makeup, dressing them up nice, putting them on display, burying them in a box that costs thousands of dollars, and erecting a tombstone to serve as a mini-monument to the deceased.

Am I the only one that finds that to be extremely psychotic and disturbing?

People will argue that the funeral ceremony is for grieving... what a joke! Sure, people will grieve AT a funeral but all that crap isn't necessary for healthy grieving. Or, it's to honor their memory... why not do that while they're still alive; honoring a rotting corpse is freaky.


Organ donation should be made mandatory. Helping others in need is more important than any self-righteous religious/cultural doctrines that say we can't dismember a corpse. If the extremists still won't budge, let them have their preserved bodies while the rest of humanity evolves.


Cremation is a decent way to go.
Natural burial's better, it gives back to the earth, keeping the soil rich.
Cannibalism isn't a bad thing as long as you don't eat nervous tissue - why can't people get over their insane self-importance trip to legalize consumption of healthy flesh from the recently deceased?

How about killing 3 birds with one stoner: donate organs, use healthy flesh for food, use what's left over for compost.
That's a modest proposal