Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : Angus McLeod
From : Deuce
Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 11:14 am

  Re: Re: Um...no comment?
  By: Angus McLeod to Deuce on Wed Sep 14 2005 08:11:00

 >  > Luckily, dead people aren't actually doing anything here on earth, so the
 >  > no business to interfere with.  I do feel more qualified than a dead pers
 >  > make decisions though.  Perhaps it's because I actually can.
 > 
 > You keep making the silly inferrence thaty dead people can't make any
 > decisions.  But they can make decisions BEFORE they die, can't they?  They
 > can say "When I die, bury me at sea.  I want wreaths of white lilies."
 > 
 > And their heirs and relatives can ensure that those wishes are fulfilled,
 > because upon the instant of death, THEY get to make decisions.
 > 
 > Even if I'd said "Weight my corpse with gold ingots and throw me in the
 > Marianas trench."

Yes, living people can make decisions.  The instant they're dead however, they
can't.

If you said such a thing, it would be up to your heirs to weight your corpse or
not, as they choose.  However, you're constantly asking what gives me the right
to tell people what they can do with their assets.  Since dead people are
actually incapable of doing anything with their assets, there's no such
conflict.  I'm not telling the heirs what they can do with their assets.  I'm
merely saying that your assets don't become theirs immediately upon your death.

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