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In reply to the discussion: Why, when someone dies, are they spoken of as a "body" or "corpse"? [View all]RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)32. Dust to dust
Rotting remains are no more a person than the ice cream your mother ate while you were being manufactured.
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Why, when someone dies, are they spoken of as a "body" or "corpse"? [View all]
Duer 157099
Feb 2013
OP
okay, you got 3 verys in there so spill the beans! who's the "notable journalist" n/t
orleans
Feb 2013
#38
Good clue.. My mother and my Irish twin are nurses.... When my Irish twin was in nursing school
midnight
Feb 2013
#83
It is good stuff... Right now my Irish twin and I are the same age.... We have lots of fun with this
midnight
Feb 2013
#87
I realized that immediately when my mother died. I knew she was no longer there.
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#59
"*They* do not" is your opinion based on your assumptions & what you've been told
orleans
Feb 2013
#55
don't be a jerk by implying i don't know what hallucinations are. open your mind (it'll do you good)
orleans
Feb 2013
#63
It makes sense to me. A corpse/body is different from "Jane Smith." Jane's essence is no longer ther
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#16
Comatose people are still alive..they exist as a living person even if they cannot
SoCalDem
Feb 2013
#20
when she died my mother was no longer in the physical body. She entered another realm
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#62
The undertakers in my home town were always careful to refer to the deceased as 'Mr.' or 'Mrs.'
LongTomH
Feb 2013
#85
Question: 100 years later, is the dirt that's leftover from the corpse a person?
Taverner
Feb 2013
#49