Good morning, It would seem this land owner just didn't give a rip enough to go find out more about the cemetery. His excuse that he thought it was abandoned is simply lame. Where did he think the bodies would go without the gravestones? He's certainly not innocent in this... I liked what you said about teaching your children what sacred is. Yesterday, Rudy Guilani said he wanted the World Trade Center to be a sacred, hallowed ground. I agree with him. There are thousands of people who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11th attacks who will have no grave to go visit. In a hundred years, the descendants of those people will have nowhere to go to connect to their ancestors who lost their lives there. If NY creates a sacred, hallowed, memorial place for them all, those families will have a connection. That's what makes what we're doing so important more than ever. Every grave yard we save, every cemetery we care for will be there when someday someone's descendant comes looking. We are the last line of defense. We, the people. The government's not going to do it! Sue Silver California ----- Original Message ----- From: <NTFCANNON@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 6:07 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Good New & Bad News > I guess I am insane about sacred things. I guess I am this way so that I > teach my children what is sacred to prepare them as well adjusted happy men > and women. So they can make the world a better place. Call me old fashion. > Call me insane if that were my Great Great Great Grandfathers grave I'd want > to hunt the 'evil doer' down like a dog. Although I do not want to see anyone > go to jail some ratifacation is justifiable. > > NTFCannon@Aol.Com (Tom Cannon) > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Please do not send queries through this list. > >

On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Sue Silver wrote: > Good morning, > > It would seem this land owner just didn't give a rip enough to go find out > more about the cemetery. His excuse that he thought it was abandoned is > simply lame. Where did he think the bodies would go without the > gravestones? He's certainly not innocent in this... Believe it or not, there are those who view life as life on Earth and death in Heaven or Hell. Some believe that life is just life on Earth and that's it. I see many bodies delievered to IU med school for the students to open. It's his land, and he should have known the law. However, I think the fact that someone in Indiana can drink and drive and get charged with a Misdomeanor while this guy is charged with a Felony is nuts. In order for the drunk to get a felony charge he will have to hurt someone or kill them, or have a PRIOR conviction within 5 years. I understand that this is people's place of rest, but no one living was harmed physically. Maybe emotionally, but that should not be why this is a felony. Obviously people CAN move the graves, thus is why they issue permits. Looks to me that making this a felony is more to scare people into paying the government than it is to keep cemetaries safe.