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I assume that "gentry" was a typo there, but in fact the massive plush caskets are precisely because of the gentry being lowered into the ground. Once nice cask
by notduncansmith 8y ago
I assume that "gentry" was a typo there, but in fact the massive plush caskets are precisely because of the gentry being lowered into the ground. Once nice caskets became a status symbol, it was considered crass to put your dead relatives in an ecologically-responsible plain wooden box.
- ars 8y ago> it was considered crass to put your dead relatives in an ecologically-responsible plain wooden box. The Jewish religion requires plain boxes, to show that by death everyone is equal, rich and poor. It's actually preferable to have no box at all (because it slows decomposition), but US laws prevent that. So a plain wooden box with nothing that doesn't decompose is used.
- mmmBacon 8y agoIt’s usually cemeteries that require vaults and caskets not the government.