Death is a normal part of life, why such a big fuss?, Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news104945890.html

http://www.physorg.com/news104945890.html

The West is so obsessed with death. Probably because of Christian views. You either go to heaven or hell, forever, eternal, kaput, finito!. Oriental views show no such big fuss. Death is just another step to partake in the natural workings of the cosmos, which is a continuous cycle of transformations, and information is preserved, ie your actions and the consequences now decide where you end up, and of what forms latter in latter cycles. Which is a lot more advanced and in agreement with the latest theories on cosmology, quantum physics, and the principle of conservation.With wars, political turmoils, natural disasters that has befallen them for thousands of years, it is just another mundane daily occurrence.

Um this is so like 2 years ago. A little behind the curve arn't we?

The East seems to have atleast one obsession.
How it compares to the West.

"Their fates have been sealed, but their spirits remain very much alive - frozen in time, for all the world to see. "


...release the spirits! Ony then they can cross to the nteher side, and so stop haunting us. lol?

Patterson says the alleged killers generate the most discussion threads on the site. "If they're accused, we'll put accused," he says. "We're not gonna label somebody a murderer who isn't one."

But some death submissions slip through the cracks.

There was the case of Christine Hutchinson, a woman from Pittsburgh who was accused of hiding her miscarried fetus in her freezer. She happened to bear the same name as a high school student from Philadelphia - and the latter's MySpace profile was mistakenly attached to the creepy news story on MyDeathSpace.

Ugly names began filling her inbox: Baby killer, they called her. Murderer. Then death threats.

"They were telling me they hope I die and get stuffed in a freezer, rot in jail, stuff like that," says the misidentified Hutchinson.

Patterson removed her profile when he was notified of the case of mistaken identity hours later.

But the damage was done. Hutchinson's face was already out there. She has no plans to sue Patterson, but says she rarely leaves her house alone now, afraid of being attacked.

"It's got legal liability written all over it, this type of a Web site," says Internet lawyer John Dozier. Patterson says he has a team to slog through the entries, but he did not elaborate on the process used to verify deaths.


These kinds of mistakes are off the charts wicked....I would probably sue if this happened to me. I am not the litigious sort, never sued anyone and there has been much cause to do so. But this is an outrage.

I have often wondered what would happen to my page if I died unexpectedly....I would hope that my kids decided to delete it I guess. When you are gone you are no longer able to communicate on your myspace page, which is the purpose of such a place, it is like an artistic telephone line to other folks

Personally I think the deathspace place is preeeety morbid. But IF it's cool with the families of the deceased.... i have no problem with it myself I suppose (it isn't my business) ~and who knows maybe they are getting a kick out of it on the "other side", seeing what is transpiring about them in MyDeathSpace....

Respect for the dead has become old-fashioned is that it? With something like this all sorts of irreverance is made possible, on a daily basis. But as a psycological phenomenon...it could be really interesting.

Strange world. I think it is one of the wierder things I have read lately. Now I am gonna have to have this talk with the boys....what to do with my page & blogs, when I am gone, if I still participate in these places....So crazy, well it isn't like I haven't been thinking about it. This stuff does come up in my thinking....I have so many places I visit often.

Got to make a list...put it in my will now so they know what to do, I suggest you do the same, if you have a will, and you have decided what you would want to happen.

Quite true. But it is a smart way to progress culturally and socially rather than sticking to stuffy existing traditions.
While the old traditions of the woven webs of metaphysics and spiritual theory complexities live strong, as well as many absurd backwardness and prejudice, they have a supremely pragmatic approach to life (and death) issues.
They learn, adopt and incorporate the best from all sources into their culture. They happily subscribe to the ideals of Christianity, and equally comfortable having a traditional ancestor worship altar at home.
They keep taking traditional remedies that have been proven after untold scores of generations, but would not hesitate to have surgery or modern medicines. (Now the big pharmacies of the West is doing the reverse - reverse engineering traditional herbs and medicinal plants all over the world to make a new take on old drugs!)
They look, compare, learn and adopt science and technology with no hangups, and make them ...cheaper, for example.. Most probably your computers and home appliances are made by obsessed, comparing Eastern folks...

The motto if you want to understand Eastern psychology is: "Adopt the best, and chuck the rest"

The biggest reason i am a bad buddhist, though I really tried 4 many years...to be ZEN.

I'll let Navin R. Johnson explain the penom:

Navin R. Johnson: Well I'm gonna to go then. And I don't need any of this. I don't need this stuff, and I don't need you. I don't need anything except this.
[picks up an ashtray]
Navin R. Johnson: And that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.
[walking outside]
Navin R. Johnson: And I don't need one other thing, except my dog.
[dog barks]
Navin R. Johnson: I don't need my dog.