Sorry to spoil the party, but why on earth is this on HN?
"Sky burial" in Tibet (contains graphic images)
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#12Zoroastrians have a similar process to get rid of dead bodies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Silence
For those who don't know, Zoroastrians are mostly found in Iran
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#13"Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms." --The Outlaw Josey Wales
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd prefer to donate their organs to science/living people who need them more. This is neat, and I'm sure the tradition behind it is interesting, but there's far more useful things to do with the dead.
Do you mean you prefer to donate your organs to science/living people?
What's wrong with that? I certainly intend to donate my organs. I'm mostly healthy person so I hope they'll be in a good condition when time comes.
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#15Heinrich Harrer wrote an interesting account of a Tibetan sky burial in his book "Seven years in Tibet".
He wrote of a young girl dying of small pox. Men took the corpse to a high plateau and dismembered it, crushing the bones. The birds apparently knew what was going on and gathered all around. The birds were given the least desirable parts first to ensure the entirety was eaten. The girl's young age had a large effect on the men, they sang songs and were given beer to help them through the task.
That's how I remember it at least.
I tried to find the particular section on Google books but I could not find a preview.
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#16Sorry to spoil the party, but why on earth is this on HN?
Yeah, I flagged the link too. Seems completely off-topic to me.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you mean you prefer to donate your organs to science/living people?
What's wrong with that? I certainly intend to donate my organs. I'm mostly healthy person so I hope they'll be in a good condition when time comes.
Nothing wrong, just that it is a difference to donate somebody else's organs.
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#18photographing sky burial is disrespect to the dead and illegal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_4600000/newsid_...