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We agree that neither of us know what the possible aim is in this excavation. They should note the conditions they found the corpses in if they are doing this,

We agree that neither of us know what the possible aim is in this excavation. They should note the conditions they found the corpses in if they are doing this, with citations to why they think the conditions were like that, but I don't see why they're doing this. The argument that they could always learn more works just as well as a justification for digging up bodies buried in our lifetime too, some of which are also undocumented burials. >I'm far happier seeing Europeans digging up the graves of their own ancestors on their own grounds That's an improvement, but then taking pictures of the bodies and publishing them in American publications with a worldwide audience makes it nearly as bad. A Polish person making a spectacle out of a Polish corpse is better than a British person doing it, but they're pretty similar.

defrost 3y ago
Graveyards very frequently need to be moved .. that's been part of the European tradition of christian burial for at least a thousand years .. with catacombs in major cities being resting places for bodies until the flesh melts away and bones are gathered and stacked .. occasionally made into 'artworks' in ossuaries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary Now, there's some spectacle. Clearly(?) it's not in line with your specific value system that a chandelier of bones is a respectful treatment of soul less body parts. I do get the impression that it is part of your belief system that others should abide by your mortuary practices and that you get upset if others don't behave in the manner you wish them too. That seems worse than what is happening here in this story. Still, at least you're not projecting the mortuary rites of the South Fore upon us all.
- boomboomsubban 3y ago
  The first thing I said was I don't find the body sacred. However this family was so worried about their child being unentombed they padlocked him to the casket. Sure, this wasn't what they imagined when they padlocked him, but they wanted him to stay buried. Making art out of the bones would be better than parading the corpse around saying "look at how silly their beliefs were."
  - defrost 3y ago
    Somebody didn't want the child getting up and out of the grave of it's own accord, yes. (allegedly) The question whether that was the parents, the wider family, the "villagers", .. remains open (I would presume). Either way, for whatever unkown reason the bodies are being moved, I see no signs that they are being disinterned into chairs and paraded about the town square (something literally happens with the dead in some cultures that you have liturally referenced) .. just the careful, respectful, recording and logging of sites by archeologists. The issues comes with whether their work should be done or not. And then with whether it should be on the public record or not. And lastly with whether media should trawl those records for sensational content or not. Where is it you draw the line .. I can live without the trashy popular coverage myself.

defrost 3y ago

Graveyards very frequently need to be moved .. that's been part of the European tradition of christian burial for at least a thousand years .. with catacombs in major cities being resting places for bodies until the flesh melts away and bones are gathered and stacked .. occasionally made into 'artworks' in ossuaries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary Now, there's some spectacle. Clearly(?) it's not in line with your specific value system that a chandelier of bones is a respectful treatment of soul less body parts. I do get the impression that it is part of your belief system that others should abide by your mortuary practices and that you get upset if others don't behave in the manner you wish them too. That seems worse than what is happening here in this story. Still, at least you're not projecting the mortuary rites of the South Fore upon us all.

boomboomsubban 3y ago
The first thing I said was I don't find the body sacred. However this family was so worried about their child being unentombed they padlocked him to the casket. Sure, this wasn't what they imagined when they padlocked him, but they wanted him to stay buried. Making art out of the bones would be better than parading the corpse around saying "look at how silly their beliefs were."
- defrost 3y ago
  Somebody didn't want the child getting up and out of the grave of it's own accord, yes. (allegedly) The question whether that was the parents, the wider family, the "villagers", .. remains open (I would presume). Either way, for whatever unkown reason the bodies are being moved, I see no signs that they are being disinterned into chairs and paraded about the town square (something literally happens with the dead in some cultures that you have liturally referenced) .. just the careful, respectful, recording and logging of sites by archeologists. The issues comes with whether their work should be done or not. And then with whether it should be on the public record or not. And lastly with whether media should trawl those records for sensational content or not. Where is it you draw the line .. I can live without the trashy popular coverage myself.