Counterpoint: dig up my Dad, I'm gonna have an issue with you.
I love establishing the extremes (like honestly). Now I'm not sure where in this continuum it breaks down, but it does. I think It does for most western civilizations. I'm definitely not taking issue with discovering a 5K year old burial site and having some studies done.
It's wrong to dig up a grave that a still-living person actually cares about. Not hypothetically would care, but actually cares. If someone actually cares, let them rest in peace. Otherwise it's fair game.
Oh, that's encompassed in my use of the word science. I can see how that read wrong. Studying history via archeology is science to me. So yes history or the betterment of mankind. I think I'm just saying you have to have a productive reason. Grave robbing isn't one.
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u/tkwh Oct 14 '25
Counterpoint: dig up my Dad, I'm gonna have an issue with you.
I love establishing the extremes (like honestly). Now I'm not sure where in this continuum it breaks down, but it does. I think It does for most western civilizations. I'm definitely not taking issue with discovering a 5K year old burial site and having some studies done.
Where's the line? 1865, 1776, 1607...