I suppose it depends on whether it's a Dante inspired hell or not.

Kent: You need to edit this post to remove the quote, if you were serious about what you said.

SailorMoonchld: I do not see the point there.

Why can it be illegal to tell to everybody that someone is dead ? The dead guy will not come back fight you because you are telling the truth .

And their full names will be write on their graveyard, so anyone looking at it will instantly know that they are dead.

I helped to clean the body of a friend, dead beeing hurted by a car while he was walking along the road. He made a fly longer than 25 meters. I can say know that it was not like I love do that, but I was thinking that it will be better for his parents to see him nice . Yeah, I see my friend before his parents. Yeah, I cleaned him up with the guy at the mortuary .

Please explain and quote the silly law you seem to use , what in your country is forbidden about dead people ?

Regards

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIPAA among others.

Health care providers have to maintain a standard level of privacy for all patients. In addition to that, most organizations have internal policies that prohibit employees from disclosing any confidential information regarding clients, etc.

The latter is what probably is of the most concern to SSC, assuming the death announcements have already been made public in a proper manner.

Some here thinks that this is fine. And others don't, like me. Nothing more to add really but I'll still give a few replies to comments directed to me (and not SSC).

Of course. He changed it so it's all right with me now. To write it in the first place is still a no-no and indicates something. But I guess no harm was done.

Has it got some kind of point to it?

I guess you join the group of people who simply don't get it, like kazzmir. I'm sure it won't say "Rot in hell" on his gravestone.

Now that I think about it it's a good call by both you (to not change it) and SSC (to change it).

Thanks for pointing it out. And I've changed my quotation.

Nice of you to change your original post after thinking it through.

I wouldn't know if it's illegal or not. He could loose his job which is pretty harsh. Now that he changed his post I don't see it as likely even if someone reported him.

I'm sure it won't though. The whole "deep philosophical" discussion we could end up in isn't of interest to me.

You said that you "get it" when you really don't.

The deceased may be beyond caring, but their families are not, was the point that Kent was trying to make, I believe.

If I understand the law correctly (which I probably don't), it would technically be SSC's workplace that would be considered to have breached privacy laws, not SSC himself. While he may have broken his contractual obligations with his employer, this could only get him fired, not prosecuted.

The reason I said it isbecause he obviously forgot. And yes, it's still illegal after 9 months. Don't ask me why, it just is. HIPAA as Matthew posted, states why I'm sure. And as Matthew said, we have to keep a level of privacy for the resident and the residents' family. Also there is something about dignity. If you are talking about them and you name their full name and what their condition is and what diseases they have, it's a dignity issue. Also identity theft... Just a whole bunch of things.