- Oct 17, 2008
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Jesus f***ing Christ
[Misc] I sold my brain today - what are your coolest antiquities?
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- Oct 17, 2008
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I was curious what ChatGPT had to say about this, I know you’re a big fan of its application.
In Sweden, the possession of human body parts is tightly regulated under various laws relating to health, ethics, and public safety. Here’s a breakdown of the legal situation:
1. Human body parts and Swedish law
Possession of human body parts is not generally legal unless it is specifically authorized for medical, scientific, or educational purposes. The relevant legislation includes:
2. Key Laws Involved
a. Transplantation Act (Transplantationslagen, 1995:831)
• Regulates the removal, donation, and transplantation of organs and tissues.
• Human body parts can only be removed and used with consent and for legitimate medical or research purposes.
b. The Burial Act (Begravningslagen, 1990:1144)
• Covers the handling of remains and requires respectful treatment of human remains.
• Unauthorized possession or mishandling of body parts can be considered disturbing the peace of the dead (brott mot griftefrid), which is a criminal offense.
c. Ethical Review Act (Lag om etikprövning av forskning, 2003:460)
• Governs research involving human material. Any use of human body parts in research must go through ethical review.
3. Criminal Aspects
Possessing human body parts outside approved contexts (e.g., collecting skulls, bones, or organs privately) could lead to criminal charges such as:
• Griftefridsbrott – disturbing the peace of the dead (e.g., stealing or mishandling remains).
• Brott mot lagen om transplantationsverksamhet – violation of the transplantation law.
Penalties can include fines or imprisonment, depending on the severity and context.
4. Cultural and Ethical Context
Swedish law reflects strong ethical norms about bodily integrity and dignity after death. Handling of human remains is expected to be done with respect and purpose, typically medical or scientific.
You may very well have just publicly confessed to a serious crime.
In Sweden, the possession of human body parts is tightly regulated under various laws relating to health, ethics, and public safety. Here’s a breakdown of the legal situation:
1. Human body parts and Swedish law
Possession of human body parts is not generally legal unless it is specifically authorized for medical, scientific, or educational purposes. The relevant legislation includes:
2. Key Laws Involved
a. Transplantation Act (Transplantationslagen, 1995:831)
• Regulates the removal, donation, and transplantation of organs and tissues.
• Human body parts can only be removed and used with consent and for legitimate medical or research purposes.
b. The Burial Act (Begravningslagen, 1990:1144)
• Covers the handling of remains and requires respectful treatment of human remains.
• Unauthorized possession or mishandling of body parts can be considered disturbing the peace of the dead (brott mot griftefrid), which is a criminal offense.
c. Ethical Review Act (Lag om etikprövning av forskning, 2003:460)
• Governs research involving human material. Any use of human body parts in research must go through ethical review.
3. Criminal Aspects
Possessing human body parts outside approved contexts (e.g., collecting skulls, bones, or organs privately) could lead to criminal charges such as:
• Griftefridsbrott – disturbing the peace of the dead (e.g., stealing or mishandling remains).
• Brott mot lagen om transplantationsverksamhet – violation of the transplantation law.
Penalties can include fines or imprisonment, depending on the severity and context.
4. Cultural and Ethical Context
Swedish law reflects strong ethical norms about bodily integrity and dignity after death. Handling of human remains is expected to be done with respect and purpose, typically medical or scientific.
You may very well have just publicly confessed to a serious crime.
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- Oct 17, 2008
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No worries Simon, I’m sure the Swedish police have all the relevant paperwork?No worries. Educational piece
Go back to your video games.
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Nothing to worry about, anonymous keyboard warrior.
chip
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Does that truncheon look anything like the one I have hanging up by the fireplace in the study?
Cotton Socks
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- Feb 20, 2017
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That makes a bit more sense.
Ha. Two little hand made artefacts. Both bowls (ish). One a circular stone unguent container 3000 BC(E), the other a truly lovely oval stone container (oil??) 3500 BC(E). I could take and post photos if you’re that interested…
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Nah... not quite Ancient Aliens enough for me to be that interested. Very cool thing to have at home though, don't think I've owned any BC stuff. Wonder how much IKEA stuff will be around in 5000 years.
- Apr 19, 2018
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I collected anything I found interesting as a child, still have a few Roman and Ancient Greek coins, saintly relics (mostly bits of cloth in some kind of small medallion), random war medals and trench art bought for pocket money prices in the 80s. All somewhere in the loft. Growing up somewhere with a bit of history I used to scour building sites and ploughed fields for antiquities and my favourite find is most of a Bellarmine jug I found when I was about 7 in what the local museum told me was a known waste site for one of Henry VIII’s palaces.
The most curious though is a silver cigarette case I found while taking a short cut home. It was lying battered in a field, this was in Surrey. Cleaned it up and scratched into the surface were places and dates and it had obviously belonged to a soldier in Hitler’s army in WW2. To add to the oddness of it turning up in a field in Surrey was that he’d clearly fought in the occupation of Norway in 1940, where an ancestor of mine had been killed fighting for the Green Howards.
A few years ago I went to my ancestor’s grave near Otta, then to Oslo for the chopping down of the tree that ends up in Trafalgar Square at Christmas and did a photo essay for the family and I think the Green Howard’s museum used some of the photos one year (I gave them to them), something I wouldn’t have done had I not found that cigarette case and gone more into the story. All goes full circle.
The most curious though is a silver cigarette case I found while taking a short cut home. It was lying battered in a field, this was in Surrey. Cleaned it up and scratched into the surface were places and dates and it had obviously belonged to a soldier in Hitler’s army in WW2. To add to the oddness of it turning up in a field in Surrey was that he’d clearly fought in the occupation of Norway in 1940, where an ancestor of mine had been killed fighting for the Green Howards.
A few years ago I went to my ancestor’s grave near Otta, then to Oslo for the chopping down of the tree that ends up in Trafalgar Square at Christmas and did a photo essay for the family and I think the Green Howard’s museum used some of the photos one year (I gave them to them), something I wouldn’t have done had I not found that cigarette case and gone more into the story. All goes full circle.
- May 8, 2018
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I’ve got a Lewis dunk signed boot in the era when he was on free kicks
Very similar. A little older and not quite as tidy as yours. Nor is the pointing in my study.
schmunk
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About 5 matches last season?
- May 8, 2018
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Rarer than rocking horse poo
Very nice. . .similarly I have a few old fat stringed guitars, including a '64 Gibson, and one of these a '69 Shaftesbury which is usable and up there soundwise with a Rickenbacker 4005
and a few old scooters
DavePage
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SELL OR NOT? BIT OF A NO BRAINER
Those really are things of beauty. Never sell them.
That's dark....I hope you're joking.