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53. McVeigh wasn't buried

Sat May 11, 2013, 03:27 PM

May 2013

His mortal remains were handled without any sort of ceremony (dumped in a nondescript van and sent the the crematorium without ceremony). Body cremated in a cardboard box and ashes spread by his lawyer with some perhaps going to the parents. I am sure lots of people would be willing to take a dump on his grave given a chance.

Most serial killers and the like are cremated now days because of the likelihood of desecration. Oswald's grave was protected from desecration so this is not a new phenomenon. Lanza's body was buried in secret after being processed in an undisclosed funeral home.

I do agree that protesting the funeral home was behaving badly. On the other hand his religion attributes great importance to his body, and he was nothing but a monster who caused great suffering. Since he assigns value to his corpse, desecration in a sense is hurting him (not that I would do it).

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Virginia woman who coordinated Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s burial says protests showed ‘America at its worst [View all] DonViejo May 2013 OP

Yeah, protesting the funeral home is Blue_Tires May 2013 #1

Ditto to that RiverNoord May 2013 #3

Unless grandpamike1 May 2013 #30

Mass has its share of nuts too Marrah_G May 2013 #4

The elections of Mitt Romney and Scott Brown... DonViejo May 2013 #7

Yeah, I've been amazed at how some of the elections in MA have gone! n/t RKP5637 May 2013 #52

Unfortunately, they printed the alsame May 2013 #2

I wish she would have kept quiet about it, Tanuki May 2013 #5

This story has perplexed me. xxqqqzme May 2013 #6

I think we're more volatile than we were then. Not a good thing. nolabear May 2013 #8

Oh, definitely. Zoeisright May 2013 #15

My grandmother would say xxqqqzme May 2013 #18

He wasn't Muslim... DonViejo May 2013 #9

Really? I believe he thought otherwise. whathehell May 2013 #54

There were no concerns about treatment of the body. geek tragedy May 2013 #10

McVeigh burial riverwalker May 2013 #12

Maybe you don't remember because he wasn't buried kona808 May 2013 #13

Thank you xxqqqzme May 2013 #20

lol treestar May 2013 #41

He was cremated. his lawyer scattered his ashes. CBGLuthier May 2013 #21

But, But, But grandpamike1 May 2013 #31

He passed the colour test. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #32

Tsarnaev was as "caucasian" as they come. MADem May 2013 #59

This ^^^^^^^ treestar May 2013 #42

McVeigh wasn't buried exboyfil May 2013 #53

No good deed goes unpunished.....she will be protested along with the grave site. Gin May 2013 #11

Just as I thought....local news says the city is checking to make sure all permts were Gin May 2013 #27

The attitude of the majority in this country is its OK to abuse a corpse. marble falls May 2013 #14

Good for her. blackspade May 2013 #16

But.. but but.. you don't understand !!!!!!! Mustellus May 2013 #17

And Ms. Mullen, you are among the best of us tavalon May 2013 #19

No, she's a tone-deaf, clueless bigmouth who wants her name in the paper. MADem May 2013 #38

I don't understand why they didn't cremate him... retired rooster May 2013 #22

Because cremation goes against the mores of Islam Scootaloo May 2013 #24

Because cremation is against the family's religion... DonViejo May 2013 #25

The uncle was in Worcester the other day. He washed and prayed over that rotting corpse IAW Islamic MADem May 2013 #43

In a slight defense of Mullen... DonViejo May 2013 #48

The Globe was not the first nor the only paper to go after this story. MADem May 2013 #49

All the reports I read about Mullen... DonViejo May 2013 #51

Not religious, but I agree with her. Myrina May 2013 #23

And now Virginia is looking into possibly "undoing" it. morningfog May 2013 #26

Oh, FFS. Send him a little further south... WorseBeforeBetter May 2013 #34

A fairly small protest here, a tempest in a teapot well covered by national news media. mountain grammy May 2013 #28

He died, he is beyond our anger now Half-Century Man May 2013 #29

It really did. Even the discussions here have been consistently nauseating. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #33

As long as he's dead, who gives a fuck what they do with him...dump him in a landfill somewhere. 1620rock May 2013 #35

WTF? Sorry--this Martha lady comes off as a self-aggrandizing BIGMOUTH. MADem May 2013 #36

The coordinates of the grave have been provided - lynne May 2013 #39

I saw a photo of two graves--one had flowers on it. MADem May 2013 #40

I could not a agree more... GetTheRightVote May 2013 #46

Self-aggrandizing and sanctimonious.. Princess Turandot May 2013 #50

If you're so concerned that somebody is going to come dig up the corpse... Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #67

How you came to that conclusion, I have no idea. You had to take a HUGE leap MADem May 2013 #68

K&R DeSwiss May 2013 #37

I don't mind that she took the body and buried it, but fuck her and her holier-than-thou, graywarrior May 2013 #44

Concur--wonder how she'd feel if some of the people from that small town turned up in Richmond MADem May 2013 #47

Now she's being interviewed on TV graywarrior May 2013 #63

She keeps putting herself out there, saying I-I-I/Me-Me-Me, noting MADem May 2013 #65

Her opinion is obviously the truth graywarrior May 2013 #66

It sounds a lot like "Everybody sucks but MEEEEEEEE.....!" MADem May 2013 #69

Indeed. Bonobo May 2013 #61

On this issue, she is definitely "holier" than those clowns protesting a funeral home. Daniel537 May 2013 #70

What is good enough for McVeigh is good enough for TT too GetTheRightVote May 2013 #45

Good. American citizens and humans in general deserve a proper burial...... MzShellG May 2013 #55

+10000 burnodo May 2013 #56

wish she would have been quiet for a while Sunlei May 2013 #57

Did Mullen alert the Globe? KinMd May 2013 #58

It's a body. It can't hurt anyone anymore. truthisfreedom May 2013 #60

This is nuts ripcord May 2013 #62

You'd be surprised how many people then thought Oswald was a hero Fumesucker May 2013 #72

"America at its Worst"? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2013 #64

Did the loons who protested the funeral home Daniel537 May 2013 #71

This is a bit reminiscent of Antigone daleo May 2013 #73