Archive for the ‘Death Ethics’ Category
Update on Westboro Baptist Church Funeral Protests
23, Aug 2010Antigay Church can Protest Military Funerals, Judge Rules Missouri violated free speech protections when it passed a law to prevent Westboro Baptist Church, known for its provocative antigay protests, from picketing military funerals, a federal judge ruled Monday. Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor (August 17, 2010) Death Ref has been following the Westboro Baptists Church’s [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics
- Tags: free speech, protests, soldiers
Dead Netizen
12, Aug 2010There’s been much talk of late about what happens to your online social connections, not to mention your email and all the other ways you exist virtually, after you die. With Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and others there’s you and then there’s virtual you. As more and more people join the virtual you ranks, the implementation [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + the Law|Death + the Web|Death Ethics|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: Facebook, twitter
When Medical Treatment is Worse than Death
10, Aug 2010Letting Go What should medicine do when it can’t save your life? Atul Gawande, The New Yorker (August 2, 2010) Dr. Atul Gawande: Make End Of Life More Humane Terry Gross, Fresh Air on WHHY (July 29, 2010) A few weeks ago, Dr. Atul Gawande wrote a good piece on End of Life decision making [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics
- Tags: assisted dying, bioethics, death with dignity
Legacy for Hire
4, Jul 2010A recent post by Idle Words blog caught my eye. It’s about the unscrupulous practices of Legacy.com, the back end machinery behind obituary notices in newspapers across the country, including, but not limited to, the venerable NY Times. Idle Words did a little research (which Boing Boing then posted) to uncover exactly what’s going on [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + the Web|Death Ethics
- Tags: memorializing, obituaries, online memorials
Charles Bowden on Juarez
19, Jun 2010Dreamland: The Way out of Juarez On The Media (June 4, 2010) Earlier this week I wrote about the drug-cartel murders in Juarez, Mexico, and mentioned Charles Bowden, a journalist who has been covering the situation for over a decade. He recently spoke with On The Media about a new book, Dreamland: The Way Out [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + Art / Architecture|Death + Crime|Death Ethics
- Tags: homicide, Mexico, writing