The Chinese might argue that human waste is a better fertilizer than
human remains. As a young diplomat in China, my late grandfather once
went for a bicycle ride on a narrow lane in the countryside, painfully
aware of the penalty should he ever fall off his bike and land into
the field only a couple of feet away. "8^O
Phil
On 17:09, James N. McBride wrote:
>In the end our true value is that of fertilizer. I really dislike
>the American practice of putting bodies in concrete vaults. I know
>it keeps the cemetery lawns level but then we can't even be useful
>as fertilizer. Cemeteries are a waste of real estate too. Sometimes
>the so-called primitive societies have things figured out much
>better than the more sophisticated folks. /jmac
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