Sometimes they put dead men in wool suits, lol

@St-Sinner so now you got moths in on the action too? Eeeeeewwwwwwwwww....

Funeral and coffin industrial complex lol

In the old days, the scriptures said it was Christian to bury the dead to avoid the body from being eaten by vultures and animals out in the open. Nothing more. There is a Parsi community in India that throws dead bodies in a well where vultures eat the bodies.

"Vanishing Vultures A Grave Matter For India's Parsis.
Zoroastrian priests pray to honor the dead inside a temple in Pune, India, on Aug. 18, 2010. ... Parsis forbid images of their funeral ceremonies, where the deceased are taken to the Tower of Silence and consumed by vultures and other birds of prey."

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I'd really like to see traditional burials outlawed.
Either go with cremation, or an environmentally-friendly alternative.

I'd also really like to see the entire funeral business, as it currently operates, to become obsolete.

@KKGator Isn't composting better than burials or cremations? It can save the harmful fertilizers that the huge businesses are putting in our food.

My ex husband says in Guatemala the family has to pay for the space and if they ever stop they take the bones right out. Seems harsh but It also doesn't seem right just to have that land forever..

@St-Sinner Haven't read the article but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be used for food crops. Also the amount of fertilizer a person would create would be minimal as far as offsetting chemical fertilizers. It would be much better to just make other compost from plant matter.

@St-Sinner I didn't say anything against composting.
I personally prefer cremation.
Btw, composting won't stop the factory farms from using harmful chemicals.
They're still going to it unless they're stopped.
Composting won't accomplish that.

@MsAl I agree with you but if I was Jay Inslee, the Governor - I would put a condition that the dead person must be put into the ground NUDE because the clothes take a very long time to compost.

@MsAl The fear these days is funeral homes taking out organs for sale without you ever knowing it. You are never near the body when it is embalmed.

@St-Sinner I think all usable organs should be taken if they can help someone who is alive. Anything that might help prevent the scamming or stealing them from living people in poor parts of the world.

@MsAl most places, including some churches, purge the bodies every 100 some years. Go to the really old graveyards and often you will find a single monument with many names where the old bones have been relocated to a mass grave.

Are you not forgetting places of worship - churches, temples, synagogues, mosques?

I leave brothels out because they serve a useful purpose and prevent violence.

@St-Sinner No, I'm not "forgetting" anything.
Those buildings can be converted into useful properties.
Golf courses and cemeteries are just wasted real estate.

@KKGator Golf courses can be converted into Nude Gateways. We really need the freedom. Cemeteries can be converted to School Grounds. Let us be creative.

@St-Sinner No.

It think it would be great if there was an American backlash against golf. Way to much chemically groomed land for just a few rich guys to pretend to do sports on. They all just stand around plotting to take advantage of the rest of us financially

Yep. I was just up in Oak Park, a Chicago suburb where the dead outnumber the living 3 to 1. I joked about them not voting since the old Mayor Daley died and was laughed at for being naive.

@Beowulfsfriend I used to work in Oak Park, near the Frank Lloyd Wright house, for the Fire Department. I lived in Forest Park.
It was the best part of the years I lived in Illinois.

@MsAl You obviously don't play...I mean that in a way of saying that you have a very limited view on the people who do play...it is relaxing, using math and strategy and can be played competitively by men and women and children...it is not limited to just the rich...it is a safe place to discuss many topics in a non threatening environment...golf courses also offer refuge to animals that have had their homes taken over by malls, cookie cutter developments, etc. ... trees and water provide oxygen/carbon dioxide processing and chemicals are limited to assure that bees and other wildlife can be part of the urban settings...many golfers sponsor charities and golf courses also donate course fees for charity auctions...golfers themselves donate time and money to promote the sport to disadvantage city kids to get them out of their homes into the outdoors...many of us walk...no carts...I have no interest in taking advantage of you or any other non-golfer...

@thinktwice No, I don't play. It was mainly a cheap shot at the president. It is predominately a sport for the white upper class. I do take issue with the amount of environmental damage it takes to sustain that amount of flat green weedless grass. That is not animal habitat. It may have small pockets of it for very few non-troublesom animals.

@MsAl yeah..I know....but remember Obama played as well...I agree on the flat weedless grass, but the trade off is that a lot of people are employed that might not be...always pluses and minuses...I think you are incorrect in your assessment of animal habitat...I have seen deer, alligators, cranes and many other birds, raccoons, etc.

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