I think that the care giver of the dead loved one should be the one that owns the body and can choose where to bury they want if it is not already in the will. I do not think the state should have any say in this because it really has nothing to do with them. If a person's dying wish is to be buried in their front yard than they should be because it is what they asked to be done.
I agree with this. How can someone live with the fact that they did something that someone who has passed away didn't want. The government already has enough control over us, why should they have control over our dead loved ones body.
I also agree with the statments above as well as with the author of this article and the professor form the University of California, Scheper-Hughes. The next of kin or any close living relatives should have the burial rights for their deceased relative. I do not see a problem if someone had a dying wish to be buried on their own property. As long as the burial does not cause any harmful effects to the environment or possible heath concerns it should be completely legal to be buried on your own land. In fact without the side effects of using embalming fluids, or the CO2 emissions from cremation, this may be one of the most environmentally friendly ways of laying a body to rest. And without the concealment of a casket all the energy and nutrients that are locked in the individuals body can be returned to the soil and promote future life and growth.
I do think that the person who has died has the choice of what they would like their burial to be like. The family members have the obligation to follow through with the individuals request. That being said, in the case within the article, I agree with the state because they will not be living on that property for ever. So that means that the people who move their after will have a body in their yard or worse, a company tears up the land, destroying the remains. Dead bodies need to be preserved in a location made for the dead, like a graveyard.
I would agree with you guys that the person themselves has the right to decide by leaving it in their will or informing their caregiver.If it's not in the will I don't think that the state really has any right to make the decision. The burial process can be extremely sacred to people and if their beliefs have a set way of burial this should be respected within limits. While I think they should have the choice on this issue I also agree with Erik that maybe burying someone in a yard is not the best idea. This house is not permanently theirs ans who knows what will happen to this space in the future.
I actually agree with the state as well and like Erik said, the family will most likely not live on that land forever. Who would want to move to a property where some random person's body is? Not me lol. I feel like there's a reason we have graveyards or cremate people. It'd be one thing if they cremated the individual and threw the ashes on the land, but burying the body on the land is different. I'd be creeped out if there was a body buried on my land.
I agree with Erik and Sarah. While it sounds good to be buried anywhere people need to think about the future and how in the end their loved ones are also going to be dead and where a person is buried will no longer matter to anyone. Graveyards are for dead bodies and thats where they should be put and loved ones can come and visit the site. Cremating people is different because ashes are not going to stay in one place. if people wanted to live on land where dead bodies are buried they would live in the cemetery, but that personally creeps me out.
I believe the living care giver of the body is ultimately in charge of where and how the body is taken care of once the person has passed. James Davis just did what his wife wanted on their own property. It is up to no one else to decide how any of it is taken care especially the state. I do agree though as long as it doesn't violate any health codes.
I do not see why there has been such issues with a widower burying his wife in his front yard at her request. In my opinion, I feel that he has taken the necessary steps to keep the situation sanitary by placing her coffin inside a vault that was buried. People bury their pets in their yards all the time and no one involves a thorough burial process like he did. Unfortunately, I have my neighbor's cat carcass close to my backyard but I did not go to the government about it. It seems that people complain and go to court for the sake of complaining and making a spectacle. He simply respected her wishes.
As i stated early, in response to Emily's comment, I think you have to think about the people who are gonna live on that property later down the road. How would you feel if you bought a house not knowing that a body was in the front yard? or how would you feel if a construction company accidentally destroyed the remains of your loved one after buying the property and them turning the property into something else.
Looking at this article, most would see that the straight forward answer to this would be respect the wishes of the deceased person and let them be buried wherever they want. Now I am all for respecting where someone wants to be buried but one has to consider the ramifications about where they want to be buried. I like the point Erik brought up with people who could live on the property that someone was buried in. What I take from that we can't always just be thinking about where MY family member or close friend wants to be buried but that we need to consider how they might affect that area later on in life. Thinking about the present and disregarding the future is ignorance.
I think that it should be the proxy that owns the body after they died. It shouldn't be up to the state or any one that hasn't been there for the sick person. If the last wish of the dying person i think that it should be honored. It is his yard and they should be able to do what they want with it.
I agree with most people I that the wishes of the dead shall be upheld within reason. but I also agree that if their wishes are ludicrous or otherwise not right, ( such as taboo or unlawful conditions, or things that could otherwise call trouble.) their burial shall be up to the proxy to hold it as best as they possibly can, like Josef stated. there are certain moments where what one wants would violate another person's wants, rights, and freedoms, and that is when the government should intervene. such as a man wanting to be buried in his back yard. if his family owns it, okay. if his family doesn't own it, it's not okay. simple as that. How would you like it if you went to dig a flower garden, and instead found a dead body?
I agree that the family of the loved one should have final say in what happens to the body and how the grave is treated. But when it all comes down to it you are using that persons land to keep the body. They are providing you with a service and that should be respected; they have control of their land and have permission to do with it what they will.
I agree that the family of the loved ones that passed should have rightful ownership and say over what happens to the body of the deceased. It is not up to anyone, even if land was an issue, to decide what is properly right for the deceased.
I believe that the family of the deceased loved one have the right to owning the body and the right to choose what happens to it. The family has the right to choose where the deceased loved one should be laid to rest.
I believe it is up to the family to decide what is to be done with the remains of the deceased. if there is no family around to do so, it should be the decision of whoever was administering care to that person. The care giver should respect the deceased's rights and religious beliefs and carry out what the deceased would have wanted.
When I was in Ireland, I visited several cemeteries, and one thing that I noticed was that the dead... were stacked. some 3, 4 high. Literally buried one on top of the other. This was simply the norm on an Island pressed for space, just as it is the norm to this day to find private plots on family farms throughout America. I see no harm in treating the dead in any manner the deceased see fit.
I believe that the family should be the people to decide what to do with the body. They are the only ones who are blood related to that person and should have the right to do with it what they please. They know that person best and know what is good for them.
I think that the care giver of the dead loved one should be the one that owns the body and can choose where to bury they want if it is not already in the will. I do not think the state should have any say in this because it really has nothing to do with them. If a person's dying wish is to be buried in their front yard than they should be because it is what they asked to be done.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this. How can someone live with the fact that they did something that someone who has passed away didn't want. The government already has enough control over us, why should they have control over our dead loved ones body.
DeleteI also agree with the statments above as well as with the author of this article and the professor form the University of California, Scheper-Hughes. The next of kin or any close living relatives should have the burial rights for their deceased relative. I do not see a problem if someone had a dying wish to be buried on their own property. As long as the burial does not cause any harmful effects to the environment or possible heath concerns it should be completely legal to be buried on your own land. In fact without the side effects of using embalming fluids, or the CO2 emissions from cremation, this may be one of the most environmentally friendly ways of laying a body to rest. And without the concealment of a casket all the energy and nutrients that are locked in the individuals body can be returned to the soil and promote future life and growth.
DeleteI do think that the person who has died has the choice of what they would like their burial to be like. The family members have the obligation to follow through with the individuals request. That being said, in the case within the article, I agree with the state because they will not be living on that property for ever. So that means that the people who move their after will have a body in their yard or worse, a company tears up the land, destroying the remains. Dead bodies need to be preserved in a location made for the dead, like a graveyard.
DeleteI would agree with you guys that the person themselves has the right to decide by leaving it in their will or informing their caregiver.If it's not in the will I don't think that the state really has any right to make the decision. The burial process can be extremely sacred to people and if their beliefs have a set way of burial this should be respected within limits. While I think they should have the choice on this issue I also agree with Erik that maybe burying someone in a yard is not the best idea. This house is not permanently theirs ans who knows what will happen to this space in the future.
DeleteI actually agree with the state as well and like Erik said, the family will most likely not live on that land forever. Who would want to move to a property where some random person's body is? Not me lol. I feel like there's a reason we have graveyards or cremate people. It'd be one thing if they cremated the individual and threw the ashes on the land, but burying the body on the land is different. I'd be creeped out if there was a body buried on my land.
DeleteI agree with Erik and Sarah. While it sounds good to be buried anywhere people need to think about the future and how in the end their loved ones are also going to be dead and where a person is buried will no longer matter to anyone. Graveyards are for dead bodies and thats where they should be put and loved ones can come and visit the site. Cremating people is different because ashes are not going to stay in one place. if people wanted to live on land where dead bodies are buried they would live in the cemetery, but that personally creeps me out.
DeleteI believe the living care giver of the body is ultimately in charge of where and how the body is taken care of once the person has passed. James Davis just did what his wife wanted on their own property. It is up to no one else to decide how any of it is taken care especially the state. I do agree though as long as it doesn't violate any health codes.
ReplyDeleteI do not see why there has been such issues with a widower burying his wife in his front yard at her request. In my opinion, I feel that he has taken the necessary steps to keep the situation sanitary by placing her coffin inside a vault that was buried. People bury their pets in their yards all the time and no one involves a thorough burial process like he did. Unfortunately, I have my neighbor's cat carcass close to my backyard but I did not go to the government about it. It seems that people complain and go to court for the sake of complaining and making a spectacle. He simply respected her wishes.
ReplyDeleteAs i stated early, in response to Emily's comment, I think you have to think about the people who are gonna live on that property later down the road. How would you feel if you bought a house not knowing that a body was in the front yard? or how would you feel if a construction company accidentally destroyed the remains of your loved one after buying the property and them turning the property into something else.
DeleteLooking at this article, most would see that the straight forward answer to this would be respect the wishes of the deceased person and let them be buried wherever they want. Now I am all for respecting where someone wants to be buried but one has to consider the ramifications about where they want to be buried. I like the point Erik brought up with people who could live on the property that someone was buried in. What I take from that we can't always just be thinking about where MY family member or close friend wants to be buried but that we need to consider how they might affect that area later on in life. Thinking about the present and disregarding the future is ignorance.
ReplyDeleteI think that it should be the proxy that owns the body after they died. It shouldn't be up to the state or any one that hasn't been there for the sick person. If the last wish of the dying person i think that it should be honored. It is his yard and they should be able to do what they want with it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with most people I that the wishes of the dead shall be upheld within reason.
ReplyDeletebut I also agree that if their wishes are ludicrous or otherwise not right, ( such as taboo or unlawful conditions, or things that could otherwise call trouble.) their burial shall be up to the proxy to hold it as best as they possibly can, like Josef stated.
there are certain moments where what one wants would violate another person's wants, rights, and freedoms, and that is when the government should intervene.
such as a man wanting to be buried in his back yard.
if his family owns it, okay.
if his family doesn't own it, it's not okay.
simple as that.
How would you like it if you went to dig a flower garden, and instead found a dead body?
I agree that the family of the loved one should have final say in what happens to the body and how the grave is treated. But when it all comes down to it you are using that persons land to keep the body. They are providing you with a service and that should be respected; they have control of their land and have permission to do with it what they will.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the family of the loved ones that passed should have rightful ownership and say over what happens to the body of the deceased. It is not up to anyone, even if land was an issue, to decide what is properly right for the deceased.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the family of the deceased loved one have the right to owning the body and the right to choose what happens to it. The family has the right to choose where the deceased loved one should be laid to rest.
ReplyDeleteI believe it is up to the family to decide what is to be done with the remains of the deceased. if there is no family around to do so, it should be the decision of whoever was administering care to that person. The care giver should respect the deceased's rights and religious beliefs and carry out what the deceased would have wanted.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in Ireland, I visited several cemeteries, and one thing that I noticed was that the dead... were stacked. some 3, 4 high. Literally buried one on top of the other. This was simply the norm on an Island pressed for space, just as it is the norm to this day to find private plots on family farms throughout America. I see no harm in treating the dead in any manner the deceased see fit.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the family should be the people to decide what to do with the body. They are the only ones who are blood related to that person and should have the right to do with it what they please. They know that person best and know what is good for them.
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