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This is basically it. Particularly in the US where a burial has become astonishingly crass and perverse. The size of the plot and headstone. The common use of
by NeedMoreTea 7y ago
This is basically it. Particularly in the US where a burial has become astonishingly crass and perverse.
The size of the plot and headstone. The common use of heavyweight steel for coffins that can delay decomposition even longer. Concrete grave linings. Cremation is no better from an impact perspective.
I think they may be aiming for corpses that hang around as long as ancient Egypt achieved. :)
- briandear 7y ago> Particularly in the US where a burial has become astonishingly crass and perverse. Ever been to cemeteries in Paris? Giant monuments, incredibly ornate graves.. The US is far more modest by comparison.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoYou mean the 2 or 3 hundred year old ones? Victorians were often crass too. I meant in the current era.