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They'd have a hard time getting them from U.S.-based customers: souls, being human remains, cannot be sent by US Mail. (http://improbable.com/airchives/paper
by jjs 16y ago
They'd have a hard time getting them from U.S.-based customers: souls, being human remains, cannot be sent by US Mail.
(http://improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i4/postal-6-4.html http://improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i4/postal...)
- roc 16y agoOnly if we beg the questions of whether the soul is indelibly human and whether it's physical.
- jjs 16y agoTo be "remains", it needn't be indelibly human, just originally human. (e.g. cremated ashes). I don't think the rule specified that it had to be physical remains, although that would certainly make it easier to package.
- roc 16y agoIs the soul originally human? And if not physical remains, why would anyone be worried about whether the post will ship it?
- jjs 16y agoTo answer those questions conclusively, you'll have to write to the Postmaster General.
- sliverstorm 16y agoSome niggling little thing in the back of my mind is saying human remains are one of the few things explicitly prohibited by the US Postal Service.
- jjs 16y agoSome niggling little thing in the back of my mind is saying human remains are one of the few things explicitly prohibited by the US Postal Service. Like this, perhaps? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1270582 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1270582
- sliverstorm 16y agoHuh. I hadn't seen that yet. Sorry for repeating what you said!