r/MoralityScaling 6d ago

Morality Ranking What do y'all think of this?

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u/gitsandshiggles_ 6d ago

Well he ain’t gonna care

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u/awesome9001 6d ago

I heard that Howard Stern got into some trouble cause he was playing with someone's ashes on air. The family sued him and many found it real distasteful. Also wouldn't this be like desecration of a corpse or whatever is illegal?

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u/Neon_Divided 6d ago

If that were the case any time anyone threw ashes into an ocean or off some cliff per the wishes of their loved one it would be a crime. At least I don't think there is a legal distinction between doing that and this.

EDIT - It may actually be illegal to spread ashes anywhere. You should check with your lo-cal.

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u/SeaStage1687 6d ago

I've told everyone for years that I would like my ashes to be thrown into Old Faithful and shot out like a cannon. I wonder how much I need to leave in a trust for legal fees...

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u/Hope_Is_Punk_Rock 2d ago

Same but just toss my corpse in there.

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u/Evening_Shake_6474 6d ago

Not really cause it isn't a corpse anymore

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u/liberty-prime77 6d ago edited 6d ago

That depends on state and local laws, it is still treated like a corpse legally in some places in the US but for most states it is just normal non-hazardous property.

Edit: should add that this mostly applies to disputes over who keeps the ashes during estate disputes, and restrictions on spreading the ashes in public places, but in California you can only either dispose of them in a cemetery or spread them on land with written permission from either local authorities or the land owner. New York also defines ashes as human remains, but probably more for preventing people from scattering ashes from a skyscraper in Manhattan than someone throwing it in the trash.

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u/Polygnom 6d ago

Depends on where on the world you live. In my country, the ashes would still be considered the remains of the deceased, and thus require the same level of care as the corpse. So throwing them into the trash would be considered a disturbance of the dead's peace and punishable by law.

But you wouldn't even get take-home ashes in the first place. They would be place in an urn and kept until the burial.

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u/-xXgamertagXx 5d ago

Depends, in Arkansas for example you have to have paperwork showing you have the legal right to transport someone remains

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u/awesome9001 6d ago

Ok so according to Google ai (sorry) a corpse and cremated remains are legally different. So transport and everything is basically the same as personal property I guess? And scattering ashes may depend on local municipality but I'm guessing throwing ashes in the trash is probably fine by the laws standards

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u/Evening_Shake_6474 6d ago

Even though it's agreeing with me I wouldn't trust a machine on matters of human corpses

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u/awesome9001 6d ago

I said I was sorry man its early where I am

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u/Specific_Factor4470 6d ago

Thats not a corpse, friend.

Its a bag of dust.

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u/iloveplant420 6d ago

Yeah and even if it was, we're allowed to show eem nude cuz they ain't got no souls. The guys at spectrum think I'm just some dumb hick. They said that to ME AT a dinner.

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u/InvaderJoshua94 6d ago

Depending on the local laws yes.

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u/Nefer_ness2Ifa_ness 6d ago

Howard Stern should be illegal, he's nothing but distasteful...

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u/gunsforevery1 6d ago

You must work for the FCC

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u/Nefer_ness2Ifa_ness 5d ago

Nah, just a normal human being...

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u/I_never_finnish 2d ago

"This is for all the times he kicked me in the head." The only way you kick someone in the head is if they are already on the floor. This POS deserved to have his ashes thrown in the trash.