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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
I don't know, my view is that this is not unlike the old practice of 'clearing' graveyards for new use; a common practice up until the 19th Century. It can be considered a desecration, or it can be thought of as forward-looking and utilitarian. Ultimately, it is only the living that squabble about it; the dead don't really care one way or another.
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My point exactly. Provided any human remains are treated with due respect and re-interred with honour, the ships themselves are really so much scrap. Valuable and useful scrap at that.