http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24526431/
Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest — dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain.
The process is called alkaline hydrolysis and was developed in this country 16 years ago to get rid of animal carcasses. It uses lye, 300-degree heat and 60 pounds of pressure per square inch to destroy bodies in big stainless-steel cylinders that are similar to pressure cookers. “
Ok. Weird. But:
“We believe this process, which enables a portion of human remains to be flushed down a drain, to be undignified,” said Patrick McGee, a spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester. “
Now Patrick McGee (of no relation to yours truly) is off his rocker here. Listen, bro, don’t tell me that burial is so much more dignified. It’s not. So what–it takes the worms a little longer to get through your coffin? No one is going to dig up your coffin. You might as well be worm food. And you might as well go down the drain. Your body won’t care. It’s dead. As far I go, you can leave me out for the wild dogs. Why? Because I’ll be dead and won’t give a shit.

It’s so selfish to plant your dead ass in the ground, taking up that space for all time. “This is my land. No one may touch this for all eternity.” For 99% of us, no one is going to remember our dead asses in 100 years anyway. Stop hogging the land.
Turn me into fertilizer after you take whatever is useful. At least my carcass will be worth something then.
Besides, when did the body get to be so important as the soul–as the Catholics would have us believe?
I get so tired of priests spewing their emotional responses to events, acting like what they have said is so petro.
(I’m starting it now. “Petro” means “awesome.” “Petro” as in “petroleum.”)
-MC Spanky McGee
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