Reply #93: There are times ...

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... and I hate to say it DeluceDecorum, that some of your messages cross the line.

For example:

"And as for the records,
we are all very much aware that
HUNDREDS of death certificates were given out
despite the COMPLETE LACK of body parts
or ANYTHING ELSE that would demonstrate that a human being had
A) actually existed and
B) actually died."

Death certificates aren't, to borrow one of your expressions, 'given out' unless county and state criteria is met; and the except for the overwhelming number, the certificates issued in the wake of Trade Center attack was not a first time event or a precedent setting action.

There have been, for example shipping disasters, factory explosions, chemical incidents and similar catastrophic events where there are no remains. The county and state can, and will, issue certificates without remains; and I for one am very happy they do.

Take the 9 union tradesmen that died in the Trade Center on September 11, 2001 for example. Without death certificates their dependent children would go without health benefits, their beneficiaries could not access annuity funds, unpaid debt from annuity fund loans would become earned income to surviving spouses, educational grants or loans would be frozen, and no death benefits could be issued.

As a volunteer firefighter I have been a commander at chemical factory explosions where there are no remains of workers and had the awful task of informing anxious waiting families. What, in your opinion is an adequate alternative action to death certificates?