re: #327 Obdicut

It is wrong. The ceremony is not to confer status. That claim is false.

The ceremony is absolutely a prerequisite for the choice to be made in death. Therefore it does confer status, the fact that one can in death reject or accept it is irrelevant. Without it, the choice is not even there. Therefore it confers a different status on the deceased than they had prior to the ceremony. It makes them eligible, which is indeed conferring status.

Regardless, After all the entire argument is absurd so one shouldn’t get too caught up in the mechanics. It remains obviously offensive regardless of its intent.