Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships, Right Down to the Bolts

Re:Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships, Right Down to the Bolts by pavement on Saturday May 06, 2017 @10:00AM (#14280246)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial_at_sea

I think it's generally well-understood that when your remains rest in the ocean, you become fish food. The vast expanse of water itself is your tomb, not some little square on the floor.

Argue over the vehicle wreckage, but don't misplace your sentimentality.

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Re:Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships, Right Down to the Bolts by blackguardx on Saturday May 06, 2017 @01:31PM (#14281344)

The bodies aboard these ships are there because people were often trapped in compartments and couldn't get out. It isn't a wreckage with bodies littering the floor around it. The bodies are literally inside the wreckage.

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Re:Thieves Who Steal Sunken Warships, Right Down to the Bolts by dvtv75 on Saturday May 06, 2017 @09:06PM (#14283263)

Your understanding is more-or-less irrelevant: war graves are legally protected by many nations, and you may not interfere with those nation's war graves them unless you have dispensation to do so.

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