http://quichemoraine.com/2009/08/scott-speichers-body-was-never-missing-and-other-musings-over-the-dead/ We don't need no stinking subtitle Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:44:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://quichemoraine.com/2009/08/scott-speichers-body-was-never-missing-and-other-musings-over-the-dead/#comment-4821 Greg Laden Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:29:18 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=1487#comment-4821 Good question. I'm sure the Bedouin have been in that situation before. Someone probably knows the answer to that question. Eventually they will run into this post and answer it. Good question. I’m sure the Bedouin have been in that situation before. Someone probably knows the answer to that question. Eventually they will run into this post and answer it.

]]> http://quichemoraine.com/2009/08/scott-speichers-body-was-never-missing-and-other-musings-over-the-dead/#comment-4747 Joshua Zelinsky Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:23:24 +0000 http://quichemoraine.com/?p=1487#comment-4747 In many Middle Eastern cultures, the proper burial of the bodies of strangers is taken very seriously. In Judaism for example, this is known as a "meit mitzvah" (which means more or less "death commandment" and many forms of Islam have similar attitudes. The Bedouins were just following pretty old Middle Eastern practices in burying the body. I do have to wonder what the Bedouins would have done if they had a situations similar to the one you mention at the end, with many people dying in a short timespan. Many cultures seem more willing to simplify or ignore basic burial customs when they have a lot of bodies to deal with. In many Middle Eastern cultures, the proper burial of the bodies of strangers is taken very seriously. In Judaism for example, this is known as a “meit mitzvah” (which means more or less “death commandment” and many forms of Islam have similar attitudes. The Bedouins were just following pretty old Middle Eastern practices in burying the body. I do have to wonder what the Bedouins would have done if they had a situations similar to the one you mention at the end, with many people dying in a short timespan. Many cultures seem more willing to simplify or ignore basic burial customs when they have a lot of bodies to deal with.

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