nbcrusader
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Hysteria? It's called honor and respect. For the man, he office and the country.
LoveTown said:well, maybe I'm being too simplistic here but unless a person has orchestrated some horrible acts I think yes, we should show them some respect in death, even if that just means being silent so those who did respect them in life can have a moment of peace to mourn.
LoveTown said:btw, I watched Reagan's funeral on tv last night and it was one of the most touching things I've seen in a long time. I never really liked Nancy but last night when she put her head down on his coffin and wept my heart broke for her. I cried with her, and I prayed that she finds some comfort.
LoveTown said:as I re-read what I wrote earlier about people deserving some amount of respect unless they orchestrated some horrible act....
well, I take part of my statement back. Even those who we as a society deem the worst among us are loved by somebody and therefore their loved ones deserve a moment of peace and silence to mourn their loss as well. And yes, this even means that somebody like Hitler or a serial killer has a mother, a father, a wife or a husband or even just a close friend that once cared about them and they too deserve to have a moment to grieve.
99% of the ceremony after a death is really to apply some sort of salve to the souls of those left behind. And I think anybody dealing with the loss of somebody they cared about deserves the utmost respect.
Seabird said:
It has a lot to do with our sheer size. We are bigger in land mass and population than several European countries combined, so we have enough people to function just fine with our own system.
beli said:The USA have invented their own spelling of the English language which, although personally annoying, largely does not hinder.
beli said:Whitmans chockies for example. They just write the measurement in both systems on the box. No big deal. No altering the amount of chockies etc.