foxy even if EVERY ONE joined a funeral fund it would still cost too much.
The productivity commission gets involved in almost every thing why not this"?
And while I do not ask catholics to forgo their beliefs can we for ever put land aside for burials.
Should we?
And my reference to paupers graves is from real paupers for century's past who can never pay.
We love our loved ones, even in death and storys such as C J Morgans are not rare.
Recently heard of a coffin that cost $30.000 ok if you can afford to bury that much.
But why do we need to prove our love in time of death often even if we did not in life?
Death need not cost this much, no way my body will go to science now by the way, still if it did, we all gave no one would need them very soon as enough is enough.

Well we did not quite get it going, maybe I did not say it right.
My thoughts are these,at time of death we tend to find how very much we loved the lost one.
Sometimes frankly we find we love them more than we did in life.
Those who can find the money to bury them, maybe paying for a while for it.
Others no lessor persons may be in a paupers grave.
Why
Can we forever put land aside for burials.
And why not have a no brand crematorium?
It could be done even private enterprise could run it.
We often can not talk about death but one day we will have to get involved in how we dispose of body's.

Ah yes Belly, thanks for explaining.
There are more than 6 BILLION people right now, and within a century, all of us will have died.

It's a frightening thought that there would need to be a plot for each of those 6 billion corpses.

The number of corpses will increase every century.

Yes, Iam all for the harvest of useful body parts rather then dump the whole body into the ground than take up more land for plots. Science departments around the world can benefit greatly, not only for the human spare parts industry, which could generate great funding for science as a whole.
The human bio-surplus can be given back to our oceans ( fish-food ) or in ash form ( which will be the way for human grave-yards of the future )depending on the costs of the concerning dangers of humans bodies has on marine life. India ( still as far as I know ) currently use's one of the ( once upon a time greatest river system's in the world ) as a dumping ground as its funeral base, providing you can afford the wood to burn the corps properly.

Maybe its better to take your loved one's home in nice jar and place it over the fire-place with his your her's body part saved for you or family when one of your bits falls off or wear out. Maybe having a parts bank for you at a cost, just for this reason or just donate it all for the good of man-kind.

Someone the other day said, overpopulation will never be a problem!

Now Iam not so sure.

TTM

And for you religious people, you do say that your spirit leaves your body and goes to a better place ( where ever the hell that is ), so why not use whats left for someone that can benefit that perfected body you've looked after all these years? it only makes sence if you look at it that way.

Humans of the future will have to find better ways of utilizing the abundant good for our dearly departed used bodies in-stead of a sometimes perfectly good hole in the ground which serves no-one. A new industry concerning human waste or (dearly departed recycling) can employ more than just a few under-takers and CO.

And all those poor people waiting for a second-hand slightly used body part (that you can be proud of), knowing at least something of you will still be with the living, and who knows! for some people after the transplant, they say they can feel a something of your gift, which I guess is you, and even if its just an eye or two, You just might still be able to watch the footy. ( a shared entity. Ok! Thats a little off the deep end, but even if your just a kidney, your still in the land of the living.

No-one knows truly what happens after death, But you can help another's life.

And that's worth it.

TTM.

I agree, showing love for me after I am dead by wasting cash on my body is not on.
And it will be our actions and memorys we leave behind that matter.
I doubt however science can use the bodys of every one, not forever and execpt reluctantly but infairness catholics, maybe others can not burn.
I can and think a cheap way should be on hand, spend the saved cash on my garden .