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To: Neeka who wrote (28064)	5/3/2002 4:03:45 AM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 281500

Hi moenmac; Re: "Got on his two feet, hustled over and helped the guys straighten out the flag, then laid right back down so they could roll him back up in it. LOL." Wish I'd seen the footage, it must have been hilarious. But this isn't an unusual human activity. Who'd want to carry a rotting body around? They smell bad. They leak fluids. They're unhealthy. The Middle East has a burying corpses before they start to make a big smell. So if you miss the chance to parade with the real body, why not represent it with a fake? I'd bet that it seemed perfectly natural to the people involved, other than dropping the body out. It's an ancient tradition with the human species to use representations of people or their corpses at demonstrations. It's called "acting". I don't think I've ever seen a single parade in the United States where someone or something wasn't dressed up to look like (or represent) someone else. It's also traditional to hang hated people "in effigy" when their bodies are inconvenient. -- Carl