Are graves forever?

[herkulease]

Originally posted by: d33pt

Originally posted by: NoShangriLa
Nope!

Here in Vancouver Canada many Native/Indian graves has make way for buildings.

Recently my family grave site in Vietnam (grandfather, grandmother, great aunt, great uncle, and aunt) was taken by the government and the remains was forced to moved/cremated for the sake of a new hospital.

this happens alot in VN for some reason. my friend is going through the same thing. damn commies.

they need land I guess. I mean look at the "park" in saigon/ho chi minh city, the one that used to be a cemetary.

Not sure which is better having people dug up and moved/cremated or as in the countryside they just build around people's grave. I saw grave markers in the middle of side walks, in the back of people's homes.

 

[everman]

They don't actually put people in the graves, we need them to make Soylent Green. mmmm

 

[toolboxolio]

I'm going to be cremated when I bite it.

Fvck graves. That ****** is gross.

 

[f4phantom2500]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: bonkers325
i was under the impression that many cemetaries will cremate old remains and place them on some sort of memorial in/on the burial grounds

That seems partially logical. What sort of age are we talking here? I've seen gravestones from the 1800's in some local cemetaries... what would they do with the headstones anyway? Think they have good resale value? haha

Hmm...best to check ebay and the fs/ft forum.


***WTT: Grandma's tombstone for 8800GTX***
Also fs: cool skeleton for halloween, pics inside

 

[ballmode]

I want to be cremated

 

[Zenmervolt]

I plan on being cremated and kept in an old pickle jar in the garage, so I really don't know or care what happens with a grave.

ZV

 

[FoBoT]

no, we won't run out of land, the U.S. is very large

a law? what are you , a pinko commie?

 

[Zaitsevs]

I wanna be buried face down - so everyone can kiss my as*


haha

nah I really don't mind, but I agree with Jeff7- it's what you DO in your life that should matter.

I also planned on being cremated, with my ashes spread somewhere.

 

[NanoStuff]

I, like some of you, will likely be cryogenically frozen. Not a particularly romantic conclusion to a biological existence, and it's probably only temporary. Otherwise, I'd want to be eaten by wild animals.

 

[walkur]

No, graves aren't forever (at least not in the Netherlands)
We simply don't have the space for all the graves.

(family) graves have a max. 20 year license after which it has to be renewed.

 

[Quasmo]

I want to be shot out of a canon into the sun, if I can't get that, a rocket is good enough for me.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Injury
Haven't you ever seen an old graveyard on an old road or something?

What kind of creepy person would want to dig up old graves to build a house on the land or something?

I would. Plants would grow great.

 

[chcarnage]

It's 20 years here, too. At least for Christian cemeteries. But there's a Jewish cemetery near here with eternal graves.

 

[f4phantom2500]

Originally posted by: Injury
Haven't you ever seen an old graveyard on an old road or something?

What kind of creepy person would want to dig up old graves to build a house on the land or something?

Scooby Doo?

 

[dennilfloss]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
I want to be shot out of a canon.

Isn't that how you started your life?

 

[markgm]

Good topic, I've wondered this at times too and never remembered to look it up! I fall under the 'I'm dead, who cares' catagory through. Put me in a rubbermaid container and bury me out back!

 

[edro]

I think dead bodies should be burned or put into compost piles.

 

[EXman]

Originally posted by: JCE10
This has always bothered me. When someone dies and gets buried that land just sits there. So isn't it possible one day to run out of land. So it begs the question if there are any laws about graves like for instance, if a grave is over 100 years old it can be reused. Doesn't it bother you guys? The idea of it all.

No let the dead have their 10'x5' patch of land. Your thinking is more narrow than that. Many people are not buried in that way anyways. Many municpalities already have some master plan.

Have you ever watched the movie poltergeist? :Q

 

[Bateluer]

Not all cultures bury their dead.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: JCE10
This has always bothered me. When someone dies and gets buried that land just sits there. So isn't it possible one day to run out of land. So it begs the question if there are any laws about graves like for instance, if a grave is over 100 years old it can be reused. Doesn't it bother you guys? The idea of it all.

Ask the american indians and some other dwellers of lands that got ousted.

 

[Patt]

I have requested that when the event happens, I'm cremated, and my remains spread wherever my descendants would be reminded of me. The whole idea of being dropped into a box which is dropped into the ground is repugnant to me, and highly wasteful. What would I rather my family do with the money than buy a coffin ... ANYTHING.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: Gibsons
In a few billion years the sun should expand to a red giant and consume the Earth. So, no, they aren't permanent.

I've marked my calendar, we should plan on getting really drunk the day before.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: NanoStuff
I, like some of you, will likely be cryogenically frozen. Not a particularly romantic conclusion to a biological existence, and it's probably only temporary. Otherwise, I'd want to be eaten by wild animals.

I'll one up you, I want to be frozen and launched into space in something with a self sustaining fusion reaction with the capability of identifying planets with technology superior to ours. Hopefully they'll be able to bring me back....and without the need for any kind of anal probe stuff.

 

[mugs]

It doesn't beg the question, it raises the question.

I'll probably be cremated so I don't waste space.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: EXman

Originally posted by: JCE10
This has always bothered me. When someone dies and gets buried that land just sits there. So isn't it possible one day to run out of land. So it begs the question if there are any laws about graves like for instance, if a grave is over 100 years old it can be reused. Doesn't it bother you guys? The idea of it all.

No let the dead have their 10'x5' patch of land. Your thinking is more narrow than that. Many people are not buried in that way anyways. Many municpalities already have some master plan.

Have you ever watched the movie poltergeist? :Q

Or Soylent Green? :Q