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My condolences (lemmy.world)
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[–] 20 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

Maybe I'm alone on this, but my family used to put dead birds, squirrels,... found on our terrain in the trash... I really got furious and said that those were living beings and they deserve proper burial even if it's some random animal found in the backyard...

The only way to make them understand what It means was to say: "Don't worry, I will also put your dead body in a trash bin".

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    That's fine, put me in the trash. Reverence for dead bodies is weird. They aren't living, they will never be living again, they are empty husks of meat. The only reason to bury them or do anything else with them is to avoid the spreading of rot and disease. Putting them in the trash is just as acceptable as throwing out that 2 month old cooked beef you forgot about in the back of the fridge.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    That's your point of view. And I won't give you any counter-arguments... I'm not even religious by any mean, but showing some respect is the minimum due to every living being on earth.

    Sure I put my own vision to other family members, but In most people believe system being thrown away like trash is not the way you want to be remembered of.

    Putting them in the trash is just as acceptable as throwing out that 2 month old cooked beef

    I do not eat any meat but I won't push that specific regime to anyone, because that's not how it works. However, I'm not sure this comparison is right... You wouldn't eat your cat/dog, pet bird, bunny?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You wouldn't eat your cat/dog, pet bird, bunny?

    I have had pet bunny soup, unfortunately. We were moving and we couldn't give him away so my grandpa took him out back and my grandma fired up the stove... It wasn't a nice experience for us kids but it was culturally acceptable here.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    (not who you replied to)

    respect is the minimum due to every living being on earth.

    Well... Yeah, for living beings, not corpses. A corpse is not gonna care about you "respecting" (a human concept!) it. Like, it's fine if you need to bury a pet to feel better, but it's not gonna care - these kinds of rituals are for the living.

    (Also, fwiw, I'd hope my corpse would be harvested for organs after my death and everything that can't be used to help the living can be chopped up and tossed in the bin lol I'm not gonna be there to see it. Plus, that way I'm not wasting space decomposing slowly.)

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Do you want Gul Dukat to hide the existence of the half-Bajoran love child he intends to murder out of personal ambition?

    Because that attitude is exactly how you get Gul Dukat trying to hide the existence of the half-Bajoran love child he intends to murder out of personal ambition.

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