• phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I support the removal of all cemeteries, white or black. Land should be used for the living. Cremate or compost the dead.

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      11 months ago

      I agree with this in principle, but cemeteries are for the living. It would be good if our post-death rituals could use up less land of course; I fully support social changes in that direction. For now though, a lot of people find comfort in visiting their ancestral remains.

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        11 months ago

        Cemeteries are also extremely useful to archaeologists. We wouldn’t know anywhere near as much about the past without them.