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[escardos]

hey guys! happy vday and stuff! quick q!

how much time needs to pass for grave robbing to become archaeology? like, if i pull a gold bracelet out of a pyramid, i've made an archaeological find. if i pull one out of the common graveyard, i'm a dick. whats the waiting period for looting the dead?

Comments

UN: Epicyon

[heromedal]

I do not think time is the major variable. The significant element is how unknown the identity of the grave resident is- for example, it will likely never be possible to loot the grave of Lincoln Tomb without objection because its contents are well recorded. On the other hand, if there is an unmarked grave exhumed for the purpose of identifying the dead person it is possible for that to be acceptable. Time is a factor in determining the progress, but not the key quality.

Also the intentions of the person doing the digging. For personal profit vs academic study.

[escardos]

once enough time passes and you all turn to dust, the new humanity will probably see the lincoln tomb the same way that we see the egyptian pyramids.

i mean, if you kill someone for academic study vs personal profit, is one better than the other?

[heromedal]

Point accepted, I amend my stance to 'It will likely never be possible to loot the Lincoln Tomb without major catastrophe destroying human record keeping.'

Yes. The one for academic study.

[escardos]

?????????????????? why?

[heromedal]

Because without those records it would not be possible to identify whose resting place it was and therefore it would be acceptable to begin exhumation for scientific purposes.

[ Because the other part is so self-evident it's impossible that's what he was asking. ]

[escardos]

wait

so if i kill someone

and say it's for science

then it's ok?

un: Galanthusnivalis

[buddinghopes]

excuse the interruption but flat that's still murder

[escardos]

oohhhh okay then that'd be pretty inefficient, yeah.

un: hemlock

[spelleton]

That's premeditated murder and is illegal as well as highly discouraged for a variety of reasons, moral and otherwise.

Don't kill anyone. [ He's not going to say 'except in self defense' because Flat will take an inch and run a mile and Flat is MORE THAN CAPABLE of killing someone not even in self defense, he feels. ]

[escardos]

okay thanks! i was confused hahaha

[spelleton]

It's not a problem.

I'm happy to clear up any confusion you might have over the subject.

[ Flat makes him more worried by the day. ]

[escardos]

i'll do my best! murder's rather inefficient, so i want to avoid it if possible. you know what i mean, right?

[spelleton]

[ well he DOES know what flat means but that's related to his other job ]

It does take a significant amount of work to murder a person you are correct.

You should be avoiding it if at all possible.

[escardos]

ahaha theres also that yeah. although magic would make it easier i think.

but humans are valuable parts! thats why murder would be inefficient; you cant throw away something so necessary!

[heromedal]

No.

It is better than doing so for personal profit, however.

[escardos]

it's still murder though?

[heromedal]

Yes.

[ Not all murders are the same badness, this isn't hard. ]

[escardos]

..................

i don't get it.