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Re:Harvard University removes human skin binding from book by notnaut on Thursday March 28, 2024 @09:15AM (#39850941)
“Disposed of” is what we do with corpses usually. Society tends to put quite a lot of weight on doing it the right way.

If your home town was invaded tonight, everyone you know and love there killed, and their skin used to upholster the president’s favorite recliner, would that make their remains an artifact now? What more is there to learn in keeping a corpse unburied in this case?

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Re:Harvard University removes human skin binding from book by ethbr1 on Thursday March 28, 2024 @10:58AM (#39852432)
Exactly.

I don't bill myself as an expert on early 20th-century burial practices in America, but I'm willing the hazard the default expectation was "ground" rather than "use to make a book cover."

Ergo, it seems in keeping with the deceased's likely wishes to properly bury their remains.

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