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Beebs · 09-24-2011, 10:53 AM

I actually understand what you are getting at more now than I did last night, I think.

I would say it's frustrating that we dumped the body, annoying, but not dubious.

You don't really follow burial traditions for the dead, you do it for the living; In America even the most horrible child rapist serial murder gets the bare bones version of their own funeral.

You follow the Islamic burial rituals for the family, the clan, the world as a whole, because it is a gesture of respect towards them, and gestures matter on the world stage.

09-24-2011, 10:53 AM	#34 (permalink)
Beebs Poor Sport Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Indianapolis / Middlebury / Long Lake Posts: 5,306 Internets: 127341	I actually understand what you are getting at more now than I did last night, I think. I would say it's frustrating that we dumped the body, annoying, but not dubious. You don't really follow burial traditions for the dead, you do it for the living; In America even the most horrible child rapist serial murder gets the bare bones version of their own funeral. You follow the Islamic burial rituals for the family, the clan, the world as a whole, because it is a gesture of respect towards them, and gestures matter on the world stage.