You said you had no issue with people eating or having sex with dead people

I have no issue with people eating beef either. However, they don't get to eat *my* beef willy nilly. You wouldn't infer that from my first sentence, would you?

Any legal claim on a corpse is limited by laws on proper handling, other than those outlawing necrophilia and cannibalism, anyhow.

As far as I can tell, under normal circumstance only the legal system has the right to override the next of kin's insistence that the corpse remain buried. So how did this person get their hands on my mother's corpse?

You've appealed to my emotional response. What I think is more important is my logical response. I don't see why I should care. Plenty of people already eat things I think are nasty and perform sex acts that make me wince and look away. I'm not about to start outlawing them because I think they are gross. I'd only want to outlaw them if I thought they were wrong.

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I don't see why I should care. Plenty of people already eat things I think are nasty and perform sex acts that make me wince and look away. I'm not about to start outlawing them because I think they are gross. I'd only want to outlaw them if I thought they were wrong.

ita is me. The "ick" factor shouldn't be a moral or legal consideration.

(And on the original horse question as well...whether or not the desire to be licked all over by horses is bestiality is separate from whether it's sexual assault on the horse. There's no coersion involved, and I doubt that the difference between licking oats off a chest and eating them out of a hand is readily apparent to the horse.)

So this morning on the train there was this old guy on a loud and long rant - it was more entertaining than the Dylan I was listening to on my iPod, so I stopped the iPod to listen. Apparantly there's some big plot to control our minds with mind control rays. Also, there are robots involved. Now at this point you're all probably thinking, "Well duh; I already know that," but there's more - there's something in "Hindu Scriptures" about this. Now whether Hindus are trying to warn us or if they're in on the plot I don't know, as I missed much of the rant. Oh, and there's something about shoes too....

When I got off the train I resumed my Dylan song. It was "It's All Right Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" - a great song to listen to after a random public transit rant....

I can't believe it took me an entire week of being back in DC before I discovered that there's a new Trader Joe's just a few blocks from my apartment! My plan for this afternoon had been to go grocery shopping at the crappy Safeway, which had been the only walking-distance grocery store, but that plan has just been revised.

Hee:

"Over in England Prime Minister Tony Blair has decided he will step down in May. Looks like President Bush has toppled another foreign government."

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I can't believe it took me an entire week of being back in DC before I discovered that there's a new Trader Joe's just a few blocks from my apartment! My plan for this afternoon had been to go grocery shopping at the crappy Safeway, which had been the only walking-distance grocery store, but that plan has just been revised.

Hil, I'd love to hear what you think. Someone just told me about it and I'm interested to know if it's worth a trip. I usually go to Whole Foods and TJs in Annapolis but the TJs there is quite small (and no wine!).

Cannibalism, necrophelia and beastiality, oh my!

I'm glad it's Friday--especially since it's DH's Friday off.

Cannibalism, necrophelia and beastiality, oh my!

I'm glad it's Friday

Now I'm imagining some tired employees gathered around the water cooler: "It's been such a long week, what with the cannibalism, necrophelia and beastiality. TGIF, man!"

I'll let you know, Megan.

According to the website, it does have wine. I'm not sure how big the store is -- I'm trying to remember what was on that lot before, but I can't remember.