I want your honest answer.

[Chad32]

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Hi I was watching this Dr Quinn Episode…
Here, I'll post a link.



Anyway this episode plot it's about a paleontologist igniting some sort of "bone fever" among the townsfolk when he announces that dinosaur bones are worth $500 for a full skeleton that has never been found before. And then it turns out that in a Indian(Cheyenne) burial ground lies a bunch of dinosaur bones. And coincidentally since it's a ancient burial ground they not only dig dinosaurs human skeletons as well in order to find or discover hominid fossils as well. And as you can imagine that starts a whole bunch of disputes and stuff.

So that left me asking.
Is it okay or not to dig fossils in that cemetery? (Of course assuming those are actual fossils with scientific value and not just regular granny bones). Or in any cemetery for that matters? Or should we leave them as a cultural patrimony? Its a native American burial ground after all. Is that considering exhumation? And if it is is a bad thing? Because if it was up to me I wouldn't have cared and kept digging(like I said after confirming there were actual hominid fossils) despite being in burial ground. I mean isn't that what's better for evolution and therefor the greater good? That's why I'm asking you what do you think. What would you have done? Because since I'm an atheist I see a bunch of bones and that's it. And let's not forget that were not talking about a regular christian cemetery this is a marginalized indian tribe burial ground, therefore it's more relevant it's cultural value don't you think? So is desecrating human or in this case ancestral human remains a good thing? Because theres even a part were Dr Quinn says that this is a point were the cost of science is to high. But, I don't see it that way. Now despite that the paleontologist in this episode is a total dick that won't change the fact that science requires sacrifices. So tell me what do you think.

If you don't mind I'll reply tomorrow. I'm going to sleep now, it's a little late here.

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Of course it's not ok to mess with Native American burial grounds! Good god man, have you not watched the Poltergeist movie?


Seriously, though, I'm not sure. If the coffins and skeletons were still valued by the descendants of the buried people, I would say attempt to excavate them carefully, and maybe bury them somewhere else or do something respectfully with them.