From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/14/26 4:48 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > JTEM  posted:   
   >>   
   >> As a lover of history, I probably have a different   
   >> perspective. I bet we all agree that this is WRONG,   
   >> but what I wander about is anyone's reasoning.   
   >>   
   >> WHY is this wrong?   
   >   
   > It's wrong for a number of reasons. It's stealing,   
   > it's vandalism, and it's desecration of something   
   > that is important to the families of the departed.   
   > I'm sure there are even more reasons, including   
   > religious ones that you might not think matter.   
      
   I mentioned my love of history for a reason. It was a   
   hint. Though I agree with you that this guy is a total   
   sicko and needs to be locked up -- probably inside of   
   a mental ward. He didn't just rob graves for profit, it   
   seems an obsession for him!   
      
   Anyway, archaeologists dig up graves all the time. This   
   includes CHRISTIAN graves! And the biggest difference in   
   my mind is what you said with:   
      
   "desecration of something that is important to the families   
   of the departed."   
      
   It's very plausible that ALL the graves he robbed have   
   living family. It's extremely improbably that most of them   
   would not. So let's just play it safe and say that MOST of   
   the graves he desecrated have living relatives.   
      
   NOTE:  It's not just the graves opened. Imagine a family   
   member coming in from L.A. and stopping by the parents   
   or grandparents grave, passing one opened and/or vandalized   
   grave after another. Even if their relative's grave is   
   untouched, their space, their surroundings have been   
   degraded even as their security has been cast in doubt.   
      
   > Robbing is stealing. Stealing is wrong in any   
   > context.   
      
   I agree that it's wrong but sometimes it's not. Archaeologist   
   do it all the time. But they are NOT treasure hunting and there   
   are no known relatives of the remains.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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