Re:Pacemaker explosions in crematoria
by Mithaldu on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @03:52PM
(#10590650)
> > If it is that, why does it bother you?
> Grinding a human being into dust doesn't bother you?
For one, that is not an answer. For the other, no it doesn't. The brain is shut down. All that's left is cells which individually may still have some life, but are bound to die quickly anyhow. And particularly after being burned they're all guaranteed to be dead, so the grinding does not harm any living being anymore.
Does the grinding bother you more than the burning?
The corpse is roasted, the fat melting (a fire hazard with extremely fat people), the charred and finally most of the organic compounds evaporate, leaving behind the skeleton, medical devices and any other such detritus (e.g. shrapnel). The furnace is then opened and the bones are raked out; an attendant removes anything which could damage the grinder and grinds the bones into meal (it's great for roses!).
> If it is that, why does it bother you?
Grinding a human being into dust doesn't bother you?