Hi, I meant to send this to the list, but didn't hit Reply All... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Silver" <ssilver1951@jps.net> To: <BECKWITH@surf-ici.com> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Archeologists or Cremation > This is the kind of outrage that we all need to feel - about a lot of > things. What's happening in Georgia is or has or will happen elsewhere, > perhaps not on such a large scale. > > There are 10 acres in Amador County, CA that the state has under > conservatorship because some clown dumped and co-mingled thousands of > cremated remains. The entire ten acres was determined to be a cemetery. > The state offered the county of Amador $100,000 as a start up endowment fund > if the County would accept the property. Apparently Amador County would > rather keep using their old historic cemeteries than open a new one. They > turned the state down. > > I'm really into historic cemeteries and their preservation. But along the > way I got wise to what was happening in the mortuary and cemetery > industries. Just search the newspaper archives throughout the country. > Look for SCI and Loewen corporations. Look what happened in Florida in > December. I've done this. It's going on everywhere. > > And we call ourselves civilized? > > Sue > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Beckwith" <BECKWITH@surf-ici.com> > To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:50 PM > Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Archeologists or Cremation > > > > It just amazes me, that they could find no law which was broken in > > Georgia. Is there no law on the books which says that we should respect > > one another, living or dead? I heard last week I heard, here in Indiana > > they want to make it a law that one cannot throw burning objects out of > > a moving vehicle. The purpose is to prevent people from throwing lit > > cigarette butts out, where they could fly into anothers car and burn > > someone. Well, is there no law that we are not to harm one another? Why > > is it that we need such specific laws to govern the idiots who can think > > up more and more ways to hurt others? Are there no good general laws to > > cover the acts that these people do? > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > > THIS IS A CEMETERY ----- > > "Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families > > are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is > > undisguised. This is a cemetery. > > "Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, > > historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched. > > "Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved > > in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - > > not the death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for family > > memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. > > "A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of > > yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery > > exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always." > > --Author unknown -- Seen at a monument dealer in West Union, IA > > > > >