Archive for the ‘Death + the Law’ Category
“Thank God for Dead Soldiers”
9, Mar 2010So says Fred Phelps. You may be familiar with Phelps and his hate-mongering followers—most of whom are actually his family members—because they have been making headlines for at least the past 20 years.
For the uninitiated, Fred Phelps is the founder and pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. He is best known for [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + the Law| Death Ethics
- Tags: free speech, protests, soldiers
Dying by the Numbers in Europe
24, Feb 2010Who Dies of What in Europe Before the Age of 65
Elodie Cayotte and Hartmut Buchow, Eurostat (2009)
On the heels of last week’s post about mortality rates in New York City, comes this hot hot hot report on how Europeans are dying. Special thanks to my good friend Gauti for sending it along.
The usual postmortem causing [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Crime| Death + the Law
- Tags: statistics, video
Dying by the Numbers in New York City
18, Feb 2010In the City’s Vital Statistics, so Many Ways to Die by Accident
Al Baker, New York Times (February 15, 2010)
Summary of Vital Statistics 2008
Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (January 2010)
‘Tis the Season for Annual Reports on Mortality Statistics. The City of New York has now released its [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Crime| Death + the Law
- Tags: insurance, statistics, video
UK Hindu Man is Burning Down the House
12, Feb 2010Hindu Wins Northumberland Funeral Pyre Battle
BBC News (February 10, 2010)
Hindu Man Wins Court Battle for Open-Air Cremation Pyre
Matthew Taylor The Guardian (February 10, 2010)
It has been a big week for cremation in the UK. On Wednesday, Davender Ghai, a 71-year old Hindu man from Newcastle won a landmark court case on Appeal. The Ghai case [...]
- By: John
- In: Cremation| Death + the Law
- Tags: cremains, green burial, religion, video