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Originally Posted by kevxu
Other than the fact that whoever did this seems to have had no permission, what's the problem? If your Uncle Louie went to Dignitas to end his suffering from cancer, then it is up to Uncle Louie's relatives to give his remains the send-off that pleases them. Obviously there seems to have been quite a few folks whose "near and dear" didn't give a rat's fanny and left someone else to do the work.
Besides, is being dumped in a lake less respectful that being buried under a bunch of dirt and worms?
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I agree. All those with loved ones who cared about them would have had their remains respectfully taken away to be put on a mantelpiece or disposed of.
There is nothing less respectful about being buried in a lake than being buried under 6 feet of earth or cremated in a creamtorium.
This seems to me like a perfect excuse for anti euthanasia campaigners to whip up some mass hysteria about Diginitas.
Those ashes were buried in urns which shows a certain amount of respect , all the ashes could have been mixed together and used as fertiliser for the grounds of Dignitas if the Clinic had been that callous .
Humans can be a little too touchy about the disposal of remains sometimes, a dead body is a dead body, ashes are ashes.
" Loved ones" can hardly be upset if they didn't even know that someone had gone to Dignitas or couldn't be bothered to pick up the remains or have them shipped home .
This seems a story about very little. I pray I never have to go to Dignitas ( I would prefer if the UK 's government grew up a little and accepted our basic right to die in dignity at home rather than having to travel to Switzerland) but if I do I could not care less if I end up at the bottom of a beautiful Swiss Lake. I wanted my ashes scattered over the Sea so not too far from what I wanted anyway.
I can see that relatives would get upset if the Clinic threw away ashes when specific orders to have those ashes repatriated had been given but it sounds to me as though the people whose ashes have been buried in the Lake had nobody who cared about them by the sound ot it.
Let's put it this way, if my husband went to Dignitas I would :
A) go with him for his final days and
B) ensure that I got the ashes myself in person to do as I wished with them
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There is absolutely nothing wrong about it.
