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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)45. in theory, i don't hsve an issue with willed body programs
in practice i have concerns. even without drugs, human meat is not the natural diet of small companion animals. it would likely be healthier than the dregs and the four d's from big ag thoughh. but how would it be implemented? who would handle the retrieval and would the bodies be treated with respect? (i have the same concern about non humans but i know how they are treated). how would we separate the free range non medicated humans from the rest? what if people lie? would this lead to poor treatment decisions of the old and infirm in order to get more "raw materials" more quickly?
i know there is a lot there, its mostly rhetorical to demonstrate that such an idea, while very ecologically minded, is fraught with potential difficulties.
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And on a spiritual level, the thought is abhorrent on that scale. For those concerned...
Shandris
Jan 2016
#39
Especially not to the door buzzard. She might get a taste for it, and then my callers would
Yo_Mama
Jan 2016
#21
Or some judgement-day resurrection; a few Christian sects are historically against cremation .nt
anigbrowl
Jan 2016
#69
Many laws and social mores of a vast majority of nations, tribes, and cultures forbade homosexuality
FLPanhandle
Jan 2016
#42
Ugh, disgusting! How can you even think of serving that without condorments?
pinboy3niner
Jan 2016
#86