Talk:Brazilians call for arrest of UK policemen after shooting death

Isn't it muslims that have their dead buried in 24 hours?

Although this story conflicts http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4670379.stm they left 10 years before burying the dead.

Lots of people don't want embalming; like I think Jewish people are buried within 24 hours too.Paulrevere2005 19:24, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

...as traditionally they bury their dead within 24 hours after a person dies.
It is not exactly a tradition. The fact is that it is an unpleasant situation and the family want that the situation get finished soon. When somebody dies, you want to get rid of the body as soon as possible. --Carlosar 21:20, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

That makes sense to me too,Carlosar, but here in America, we are more attached to the bodies of people than their souls/spirits.. so we keep the dead bodies around for weeks; fill'em full of chemicals & put on lots of make up; then we have a long drawn out ceremony with lots of recycled flowers and maybe a few speeches about what a great person the dead body was and then we lower them down into a muddy hole in a brand new $6,000.solid oak box with gold or silver plated handles and elvis presley red velvet lining. + we're all too busy and spread out to get anywhere within 24 hours. 64.229.187.72 01:00, 27 July 2005 (UTC)