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Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :

The Association of the Dead

If you think our legal system is screwed up, take a trip to India.

Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :

How does the shaved head thing protest that, exactly?

Come to think of it, how does one go about protesting being dead?

Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :

That is some sleazy stuff, killing your relatives on paper just to inherit land. More honest just to kill them.

They even have a union: All India Federation of the Dead. What's next, the Dead Hooker's Guild?

edit:actually it is a political party! "On Nov 7, vote Dead." The Deadocrats.

[ October 03, 2003, 03:12 PM: Message edited by: Morbo ]

Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :

Says Lal Bihari: "I now believe it was my destiny that I became a dead man." Time Asia link.

Neal Stephanson was right, life in the Far East is like a crazy comic strip at times.

[ October 03, 2003, 03:20 PM: Message edited by: Morbo ]

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

I'm glad I got out of India alive.

Posted by Nato (Member # 1448) on :

quote:
Book asked us:
How does the shaved head thing protest that, exactly?

Well, I've never seen a dead person shave their head. And they'll look more like Ghandi to boot.

quote:
Morbo enlightened us with:
They even have a union: All India Federation of the Dead. What's next, the Dead Hooker's Guild?

Nah. It'll be the Dead Poets Society.