Saturday, December 22, 2001

Rest in peace ? Cemetery scandal

Macabre headline in this morning's newspaper about " heinous " practices

    at a  Florida cemetery ... owner  of world's largest cemetery company

    " aware of grave desecrations .... loved ones were dug up and dumped in

    the woods , buried in the wrong graves. The bereaved families definitely

    not getting what they paid for !

              When the profit motive goes berserk, one wonders about the future

    of human dignity. I always felt that we should take the profits out of

    the burial business.  Egalitarianism should prevail in the end for  ALL of

    us. One must ask : How much space in a crowded world can be set aside for

    the dear departed anyway ? We should  ALL be buried cheaply with simple

    dignity in bio-degradable coffins ( if not cremated ) .

              Bereaved families should be charged  NOTHING for final resting

    places. Take the profits out of the funeral racket.  And we can ALL rest

    in peace !

                   This hideous story is just capitalism  in its infinite

    ugliness.  God can do wonders with our dust if we are just patient enough.

     Remember from NOTHING came EVERYTHING !

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