Thursday, February 23, 2006

I think they were done with them

Last wishes are great and all, but how many wishes actually come true? (Link Summary: Some creepy people are stealing body parts from dead folks who don't want their parts taken and selling them. Ah, capitalism)

Really, do you think, if you were dead, you'd care if your, say, right eye were being extricated from your cold dead skull and listed on ebay? Do you think you'll still need that eye as your body slowly rots away in an uncaring, yet possibly, elegant, box? I know there are probably religious concerns for some people. Or maybe a great many, I really don't know. I've heard people talk about how they have to have their bodies intact after they die so they can be properly ressurrected when that time comes. Though I'm a little unsure that a deity that can bring your 100 year old dessicated carcass back to rosy cheeked vitality is going to be stymied by a missing organ or two. And what about people that lose limbs before they croak? Are they going to be spending eternity in heaven sans an arm or leg? Maybe they'll get an extra wing as compensation.

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