If a deceased person put in their legal Will that they wanted their body placed in a giant slingshot and launched across a wheat field as a kind of "performance art", would it be legal to do so? Would you attend such a funeral if invited?
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Subject to local health and safety laws, I would say yes. I'm not sure if I would want to see the body of a loved one disposed of in this way.
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You cannot just shoot a body out of a sling and leave it laying about. I am afraid a relative of mine would have to go without their final performance and No i would not attend a 'funeral' with that as the cabaret
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I'm not sure of the legalities of it...It would obviously only be allowed in places that wheat is grown. However, my great-grandmother chose this option for "disposal" though it was quite cumbersome because we live in a big city and it is quite a trek out to a wheat field. Also she did not leave instructions on where to find this giant slingshot. Instead, we chose to make a huge potato gun and launched her through a low income housing complex. We believe she would have liked that just as much.
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I'm sure that a way could be found to comply with such a strange wish, however, I would think twice before asking something like that of my family. Funerals are not for the deceased. They exist only for the comfort of those left behind, a sort of closing ritual that allows the family and friends to say goodbye. It is appropriate to ask for a certain monument, a certain song to be played, and to choose for yourself between burial and cremation. It really isn't at all appropriate or thoughtful to ask to be disposed of in a manner that would hurt or upset your loved ones. I would not go.
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Hell yes. Funerals + performance art = win.
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Yes, I always respect the last wishes of friends and loved ones.
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As long as they don't charge admission and I can drive to it within 2 hours distance, I'm there.
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I dont think they'd go for that in France. Dwarf Tossing is illegal there.
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