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[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

At the core it's about social contract, and despite all of it's flaws i think that even the countries in the imperial core have pretty ethical policies around (most) human remains, this is one of the least controversial areas of policy

Unfortunately the change is pretty recent, and all the grave robberies were grandfathered in, so don't ask for your indigenous grandfather's remains, it was before the legislation