Ashes

Scotland is in the grip of frenzied nonsense about what happend to the ashes of babies who were cremated. Crematoria are being condemned for not having returned ashes to the parents. Eh?  When a person, baby, child or adult, is cremated it is usually within a coffin made of some substantial material. Both are we suppose burnt together. Possibly in multiple cremations? In any event who can imagine which ashes were of the deceased and which were from the coffin? Did anyone ever believe that the ashes which were returned to families were solely and exclusively those of the deceased? Surely not. Let us get a grip grow up and get over this tedious nonsense. If we want to keep close to a deceased relative's remains let us bury them in the ground and let others be cremated.