John asks how we best honor the dead and what we owe them (2010)
ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2011-05-27) · owner: John
In a November 2010 Thoughts from Places video from Vienna's catacombs, John asked how we best honor the dead and what we owe them, and said he meant the question seriously.
About: Vienna, Thoughts from Places
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11-24 | asked | John asks how we best honor the dead and what, if anything, we owe them, saying it is not a rhetorical question. (unsure) | Babies and Catacombs: VIENNA (Thoughts from Places) 00:02:52 |
| 2011-05-27 | result reported | John argues that living among the past reminds us people came before and will come after; we owe the dead and the not-yet-living the daily awareness that human life is ours only in trust. | Older Than Gravity In Bruges: Thoughts from Places 00:01:47 |
What is said about it
2 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2010-11-24 · Babies and Catacombs: VIENNA (Thoughts from Places) — John says hearing this made him think about how the dead haunt us, and asks how we best honor them: near our sacred spaces, or by marveling at what they made for us? (unsure) — 00:02:52
- 2010-11-24 · Babies and Catacombs: VIENNA (Thoughts from Places) — ask: John: Saying it is not a rhetorical question, John wonders what, if anything, we owe the dead. (unsure) — 00:02:52