My point was more that it seems a lot more useful to use human cadavers as a food source, rather than further polluting our planet, as well as taking up useable land, by pumping them full of chemicals and then sticking them in the ground, inside of a coffin which would make it hard for the soil to benefit, in any way, from such an internment. I most definately wouldn't want to eat humans, mostly for the same reason I tend to avoid shellfish and other marine-based meals. I mean, if I ate humans who ate fish, then that's just that much more mercury and lead in my body. No thanks! ;)
I think it's probably a good idea it remains taboo, as well. I just think that the current trend of embalming and internment to be even more grotesque than cannibalism. My family is already well-aware of my final wishes, in that regard.
I'm not much in favor of the practice of embalming either. I much prefer the idea of cremation, after culling any donatable organs. It can be done without fanfare and without embalming the body first--that was how my mother-in-law dealt with my father-in-law's remains. My father-in-law was over 6 feet tall, but his post-cremation remains fit in a cardboard box that was about 6 inches high and 8 inches wide. After cremation, the remains can be buried to help the soil as you suggest (we buried my father-in-law's remains at the foot of a tree).
But even though embalming is bad, I think cannibalism would be worse. I'm glad we agree on that.
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My point was more that it seems a lot more useful to use human cadavers as a food source, rather than further polluting our planet, as well as taking up useable land, by pumping them full of chemicals and then sticking them in the ground, inside of a coffin which would make it hard for the soil to benefit, in any way, from such an internment. I most definately wouldn't want to eat humans, mostly for the same reason I tend to avoid shellfish and other marine-based meals. I mean, if I ate humans who ate fish, then that's just that much more mercury and lead in my body. No thanks! ;)
I think it's probably a good idea it remains taboo, as well. I just think that the current trend of embalming and internment to be even more grotesque than cannibalism. My family is already well-aware of my final wishes, in that regard.
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I'm not much in favor of the practice of embalming either. I much prefer the idea of cremation, after culling any donatable organs. It can be done without fanfare and without embalming the body first--that was how my mother-in-law dealt with my father-in-law's remains. My father-in-law was over 6 feet tall, but his post-cremation remains fit in a cardboard box that was about 6 inches high and 8 inches wide. After cremation, the remains can be buried to help the soil as you suggest (we buried my father-in-law's remains at the foot of a tree).
But even though embalming is bad, I think cannibalism would be worse. I'm glad we agree on that.