Comments on: Ashes and cannibalism http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/04/ashes_and_canni.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner « mim & dave http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/04/ashes_and_canni.html/comment-page-1#comment-67873 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner « mim & dave Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:45:51 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/04/ashes-and-cannibalism.html#comment-67873 [...] Diego, posits the interesting question of whether Keith Richards’ (tongue-in-cheek) claims of snorting his father’s ashes with cocaine constitutes a form of cannibalism. His argument is that the intent is to ingest human remains, and [...] [...] Diego, posits the interesting question of whether Keith Richards’ (tongue-in-cheek) claims of snorting his father’s ashes with cocaine constitutes a form of cannibalism. His argument is that the intent is to ingest human remains, and [...]

]]> By: James http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/04/ashes_and_canni.html/comment-page-1#comment-54468 James Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:03:25 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/04/ashes-and-cannibalism.html#comment-54468 The following website summarizes 310 U.S. court cases and lawsuits affecting children of Jehovah's Witness Parents, including 100+ cases where the JW Parents refused to consent to life-saving blood transfusions for their dying children: DIVORCE, BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS, AND OTHER LEGAL ISSUES AFFECTING CHILDREN OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES http://jwdivorces.bravehost.com The following website summarizes 310 U.S. court cases and lawsuits affecting children of Jehovah’s Witness Parents, including 100+ cases where the JW Parents refused to consent to life-saving blood transfusions for their dying children:

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]]> By: Travis http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/04/ashes_and_canni.html/comment-page-1#comment-54467 Travis Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:12:45 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/04/ashes-and-cannibalism.html#comment-54467 My thoughts were along the lines of David's- since the body was already ash, does that make it cannibalism? That reminded me of an old Married with Children episode, where Al cooks a bbq for the neighborhood unwittingly using the ashes of his neighbor's mother in his grill. Does the condition of the body matter? Does the means of "ingestion" matter? Hmmm. My thoughts were along the lines of David’s- since the body was already ash, does that make it cannibalism? That reminded me of an old Married with Children episode, where Al cooks a bbq for the neighborhood unwittingly using the ashes of his neighbor’s mother in his grill. Does the condition of the body matter? Does the means of “ingestion” matter? Hmmm.

]]> By: Matt http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/04/ashes_and_canni.html/comment-page-1#comment-54466 Matt Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/04/ashes-and-cannibalism.html#comment-54466 This certainly sounds weird, and I've heard some people say it was an april fools joke (that seems more likely than not, even for Keith Richards) but it doesn't seem like canibalism to me at all in any sense- certainly no more than getting a blood transfusion or an organ transplant would be, since in both of those cases you much more directly take in a body part/product than would be the case here. But those are clearly not cases of canibalism, so this isn't either. This certainly sounds weird, and I’ve heard some people say it was an april fools joke (that seems more likely than not, even for Keith Richards) but it doesn’t seem like canibalism to me at all in any sense- certainly no more than getting a blood transfusion or an organ transplant would be, since in both of those cases you much more directly take in a body part/product than would be the case here. But those are clearly not cases of canibalism, so this isn’t either.

]]> By: David Cheifetz http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/04/ashes_and_canni.html/comment-page-1#comment-54465 David Cheifetz Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:08:05 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/04/ashes-and-cannibalism.html#comment-54465 Isn't there an aphorism that goes somthing like this: ashes to ashes, dust to dust? On that basis, since most of us have eaten dust at some point in our lives, I suppose that makes us all cannibals. (Should we be sending out the authorities to arrest baseball players who slide head first and beach volleyball players?) Isn’t there an aphorism that goes somthing like this: ashes to ashes, dust to dust?

On that basis, since most of us have eaten dust at some point in our lives, I suppose that makes us all cannibals. (Should we be sending out the authorities to arrest baseball players who slide head first and beach volleyball players?)

]]> By: Silence is golden http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/04/ashes_and_canni.html/comment-page-1#comment-54464 Silence is golden Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:39:32 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/04/ashes-and-cannibalism.html#comment-54464 This must be one of the slow weekends. This must be one of the slow weekends.

]]> By: nathan johnson http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/04/ashes_and_canni.html/comment-page-1#comment-54463 nathan johnson Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:18:18 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/04/ashes-and-cannibalism.html#comment-54463 Just to throw another bone in the stew...would transubstantiation be a type of cannibalism? Just to throw another bone in the stew…would transubstantiation be a type of cannibalism?

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