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I dont think its disrespectful to discuss. (We need to get off that damn American cultural thing of not dealing with/or discussing death. Its not healthy. Its stupid and backward (not you - the cultural norm.))
As I understand it, modern embalming technology is such that you could have any properly embalmed body in your living room for weeks and not smell anything untward.
Things are sewed or glued shut. What isnt sewed shut is stuffed with gauze and cotton.
However modern burial isnt that good of a thing. The whole air tight and sealing of the casket dosent allow for a body to dry out naturally, instead, anerobic bacteria are involved and it gets to be a slimy mess down the road.
Reason #2313 why I want to be cremated.
Last edited by lifesaver; 06-11-2004 at 09:55 PM.
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