Slog - Comments on No Dignity in Death http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death When dogtags meet dogs: The Pentagon is recommending changes in the handling of troops' remains, after it was revealed that crematoriums contracted by the military are used for both human and animal cremations. In other corpse-disposal news: 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... Copyright 2008 Fri, 09 May 2008 16:39:39 -0800 Sat, 10 May 2008 12:50:51 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by NapoleonXIV Brownish, syrupy residue?

DIET COKE IS MADE OF PEOPLE!!!!!!!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021617 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021617 Life Fri, 09 May 2008 16:51:54 -0800 Comment by Jerod @1: I've always said it tasted like death.

]]> Jerod http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021621 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021621 Life Fri, 09 May 2008 16:56:53 -0800 Comment by Wolf Granted, I didn't read the article, but there's nothing new about using lye to dispose of bodies.

]]> Wolf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021626 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021626 Life Fri, 09 May 2008 16:58:48 -0800 Comment by Enigma If you read Mary Roach's book "Stiff" you'd know all about alkaline hydrolysis and other cool ways to dispose of remains. Cause even putting your corpse in a box is just a way to dispose of it. I want to become compost for a tree- think it would be cool to have a fruit tree as my tombstone.

]]> Enigma http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021627 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021627 Life Fri, 09 May 2008 16:59:37 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I prefer to use peat bogs.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021633 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021633 Life Fri, 09 May 2008 17:02:59 -0800 Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay When I die, just buy me an "All Aboard America" pass and stick me on Amtrak. Someone will find me sooner or later, and do whatever they do with dead bodies.

]]> Catalina Vel-DuRay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021634 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021634 Life Fri, 09 May 2008 17:03:05 -0800 Comment by Mr Fuzzy I'm opting for cryogenics if I can afford it.

]]> Mr Fuzzy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021646 Life Fri, 09 May 2008 17:10:16 -0800 Comment by elenchos I'm going to be buried with my Darwin Award.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021654 Life Fri, 09 May 2008 17:14:50 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I'm going to dig up elenchos' Darwin Award during a thunderstorm using a metal shovel, while it rains.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021670 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021670 Life Fri, 09 May 2008 17:34:11 -0800 Comment by ellarosa we should all be immersed in plastic resin--in sliced pieces, of course--and made into mobiles which hang from the ceiling. over the baby's crib.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021777 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021777 Life Fri, 09 May 2008 20:14:54 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Or they could turn us into coral farms ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021801 Life Fri, 09 May 2008 21:02:25 -0800 Comment by Crazy cat person So what's the problem? Supposing I outlive them, I want my ashes sprinkled over my cats graves.

]]> Crazy cat person http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021863 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021863 Life Sat, 10 May 2008 06:31:15 -0800 Comment by amazonmidwife I was planning on the compost-for-fruit-tree thing, but then I read about this process where your ashes are compressed and turned into a diamond.

"Your ring is beautiful."

"It's my granny amazonmidwife."

Seriously though, I'll be dead so it won't matter; the family will do what it needs to.

]]> amazonmidwife http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021864 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021864 Life Sat, 10 May 2008 06:43:00 -0800 Comment by CP Why all this technology and chemicals?

GATOR FARM!

]]> CP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021902 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021902 Life Sat, 10 May 2008 10:19:46 -0800 Comment by Greg Whatever happened to dumping the body in the woods?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021943 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/there_is_no_dignity_in_death#c1021943 Life Sat, 10 May 2008 12:50:51 -0800