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If you’re dead, what do you care what happens to your remains? I see no problem with exhuming a corpse to solve a murder case as long as there’s probable cause
by mikeash 7y ago
If you’re dead, what do you care what happens to your remains?
I see no problem with exhuming a corpse to solve a murder case as long as there’s probable cause and a warrant, which there was here.
- maxerickson 7y agoI agree with you about not caring, but I wonder if you've really not noticed that lots of people do care about how remains are handled?
- mikeash 7y agoI have, but I’m still going to question it when someone bases a comment on it. In any case, the second half of my comment should apply just as well for such folks. We allow much worse things with a warrant, even from that perspective.
- mindcrime 7y agoI have, but I’m still going to question it when someone bases a comment on it. And what do you hope to accomplish by doing so?
- veidr 7y agoFurthering the cause of logic and reasonability? Advocating for evidence-based forensic science winning out over superstition and other lesser concerns?
- mindcrime 7y agoFurthering the cause of logic and reasonability? Advocating for evidence-based forensic science winning out over superstition and other lesser concerns? Calling somebody out over something incredibly subjective, on an HN comment, seems like a terribly weak effort towards that end.
- barry-cotter 7y agoNecrophilia, ok, not ok, dodge the question? If you kill someone does eating their heart afterwards mark you out as worse than the average killer? If not, why not?
- seniorivn 7y agoIt does because those are two different crimes in a row, but for the people it doesn't really matter.
- dd36 7y agoWell, could they sue your estate or assets that were inherited by your family?
- vkou 7y ago> If you’re dead, what do you care what happens to your remains? Because our society believes in body autonomy, to the point that it won't use your body's organs to save other human beings, without your express consent. Your body is your property, and it takes a damn good reason for someone else to access your property, contrary to your will.
- stephenr 7y ago> Because our society believes in body autonomy Unless you’re a woman of course.
- seniorivn 7y agoOr if you refuse to get medical treatment like vaccination
- firstplacelast 7y agoI love that this is downvoted. LOL. I'm all for vaccination, but you are 100% correct.
- thaumasiotes 7y agohttps://reason.com/2019/05/10/broader-implications-of-my-body-my-choice/ https://reason.com/2019/05/10/broader-implications-of-my-bod... The list is pretty extensive. Women aren't exactly being singled out for special treatment overall, though they certainly are in multiple specifics.
- stephenr 7y agoShow me a child who can make an informed decision about vaccinations.
- scarface74 7y agoWell as long as you stay in your house by yourself and don’t infect other people, you can do whatever you want. Also, don’t send your kids to school.
- mehrdadn 7y ago> If you’re dead, what do you care what happens to your remains? Not speaking for this case in particular, but regarding the general question, maybe it's something you don't want your loved ones to have to think about/go through?
- mirimir 7y agoCremation would have made little difference in this case. They would still have identified his relatives, and obtained DNA from them. It would have just prevented confirmation.
- scarface74 7y agoWell. I’ve told my wife to get rid of my body as cheaply as possible if I die first. I don’t care what happens to my body. I also don’t really like the idea of traditional funerals. Even though it’s too much to ask, I would much rather for people to have a cookout or something more joyous to celebrate my life than a funeral with everyone in suits.
- conanbatt 7y agoNo organ donation?
- scarface74 7y agoSure. I signed up for organ donation.
- oh_sigh 7y ago"When I'm dead, just throw me in the trash" -Diogenes of Sinope
- vixen99 7y agoThis was the wish also of Hugh Everett, proponent of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum theory. He wanted his body to be thrown out with the garbage. Following his death and cremation this is apparently what happened when his wife decided to honor his request.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoIt's not like it's a new development either - police and justice systems around the world have long had the possibility, and right, to ask to exhume a body to further an investigation. It has most often been the victim historically. So I don't see why this would be viewed as any different.
- ekianjo 7y ago> If you’re dead, what do you care what happens to your remains? Consider how your family members might feel about it? It's not just about dead you.
- qwsxyh 7y agoIt is only about dead me. It's my body.
- bpchaps 7y agoDo you seriously think that you're the only person who cares about what happens to your body after you die? Would you be perfectly okay if somebody dug up your mother's body and did $AWFUL_THING with it?
- nosianu 7y agoHow about we stick to the topic at hand or at least in its vicinity instead of building "insert some very imaginative and awful story that is meant to appeal to emotion but has no basis in the topic being discussed" straw man?
- scarface74 7y agoI can’t say I would care, it’s just a body.
- qwsxyh 7y agoYeah, I wouldn't give a shit. She would be dead.
- evgen 7y agoOnce you are dead it is no longer your body. The dead have no rights. None whatsoever.
- conanbatt 7y agoMight be a technicality thing, but with that logic as soon as you are dead all your estate is up for grabs by anyone. If your body is your posession like your house or your car, then you have the right to do what you want with it.
- hrktb 7y agoIt’s just moving the issue to the family. Cremating a body basically became a privacy/security best practice I guess.
- kurthr 7y agoIf you were innocent, wouldn't you want your body exhumed so that people didn't assume you were guilty and the victim's family could have closure? I guess if one was guilty and dead with other living accomplices...
- conanbatt 7y agoIf you were innocent and japanese, and the state would like to round up all japanese people in an internment camp, wouldn't you like the state to not be able to use your dna to find all your descendants and family?