I often read about all of the people who starve to death, die of AIDS and other epidemics, car accidents, and then one has to consider those who die naturally of old age or such. I know they get buried, but why aren't the living being shoved into a small burial plot-free corner of the world yet?
2006-08-09 11:34:19 · 7 answers · asked by aanstalokaniskiodov_nikolai 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Well, the ashes still take up space, and not everyone gets cremated.
2006-08-09 12:32:04 · update #1
That's a good question... One that I don't have the answer to :-/
http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20051224.G04
Maybe we are running out of space?
2006-08-09 12:53:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, for one, there's the fact that bodies break down- the land can be reused.
Also, cremation speeds up the breaking down process, and takes up virtually no room. Also consider that in some countries, the custom is to use a body of water for burial.
But, you didn't really want an answer anyway- you just wanted to make a point.
2006-08-09 18:42:30 · answer #2 · answered by Aliza, Queen of the Night 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, they're buried underground, so there is a vast community of dead people walking around below the surface. Here aboveground, we don't have to face the dead since we're six feet above them. How do you know you're not living above buried people? Have you dug into your yard to check for bodies?
Maybe mole people eat all the dead bodies underground. Plus, some people get thrown into rivers, or chopped up in wood chippers like in Fargo, or eaten by pythons--not everybody gets buried. There are lots of ways to hide the bodies...
2006-08-09 20:49:16 · answer #3 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they decompose, and a lot of people dont get buried they just get left out. like people in other countries. or somthing.
2006-08-09 20:33:03 · answer #4 · answered by spring goth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because dead people dont take up as much space as living people! do you have any idea how many people you can cram into a cemetery?? whenever i go visit my grandpa's grave they are so close together you have to walk on them to get to the one youre going to. walking on graves creeps me out. i think the dead people are going to put a curse on me for disturbing their sleep.
2006-08-10 12:50:19 · answer #5 · answered by ♥love2havefun♥ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
very good question, I really don't know where they are all going! Maybe in some areas, they cut down forrests to build cemeterys, I really don't know!
2006-08-09 23:18:49 · answer #6 · answered by Samantha 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever heard of cremation???
2006-08-09 19:24:09 · answer #7 · answered by gipsy_queen99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋