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Should "Bad People" deserve a respectful burial? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I mean, this question is not just about normal criminals.

Think like very bad crimes. Like serial killers, rapists, child rapists, terrorists, corrupt officials, terrible leaders, cruel dictators, generals that ignore laws of war, or like people has bad as Hitler. Which of these people do you think deserve a respectful burial, if any.

Is there a level of evilness that you think should not be allowed to have a proper buriel or have their corpses mutilated. Or should everyone deserve a respectful burial regardless of crimes.

I personally don't even know how to answer this question myself. Like the funeral isn't even for the dead. Its for the living. So to me, the question seems like, should the relatives of a bad person be allowed to see the corpse treated respectfully. I personally don't have an answer to this question.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

A burial is a ceremony where the living show their respect to the deceased. The larger/more extravagant the bureal, the greater the (financial) sacrifice, the greater the respect for the person and their actions.

Everyone who thinks Hitler should have received a state burial (whether by the allies or by his supprters) is definitely a nazi.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

I hear what you are saying and agree that Hitler and others are disastrous dickheads. But what about their family? Should they live in the shame and horror of this person that they probably attempted to curb at some point. But it's fuckin Hitler! Probably blackmailed his own mother. So is it fair to the family not to mourn?

Funerals are for the living. Not for the dead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

Should respect for a person be measured by how much money you can spend?