On 7/15/2011 23:03, Warp wrote:
> Darren New<dne### [at] sanrrcom>  wrote:
>> I think it's hard to be disrespectful if the dead person wanted you to do
>> that. Is it more or less disrespectful than donating your organs for
>> transplants?  The monks knew it would happen, probably asked for it,
>> possibly even indicated what part of the church they wanted to be decorating
>> for the rest of eternity. :-)
>
>    If I say "when I die I want my corpse to be displayed in the central square
> of my town", I don't think I would get that. Some decency standards still
> apply regardless of what the person himself wants.

Yeah, but this is a monastery, not an entire town. It's like your family 
honoring your request, rather than an entire city.

Besides, there's always Lynchbany.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Coding without comments is like
    driving without turn signals."

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