Is this how bad the daily mail has become?

[worm]

cant believe I am kinda defending the Daily Mail there!

[t8yman]

I'd suggest that it shows that you can speak impartially and without prejudice.

[eFestivals]

no one has the right to judge anyone for the way they grieve or the way they want to remember someone's life.

no one has the right to stop them, but 'judge' - oh yes they do. It's what we all do with everything we encounter to a lesser or greater degree.

That aside, I just don't get modern 'grieving'. Who the f**k wants to remember someone by their place and manner of death, which is what all those roadside flower sites are doing.

[Ed209]

If you want to put up a load of tac to remember your loved one, then fine - do it, but do it with a shrine in your own home, or in you own garden or something. Its not just their cemetery, its the cemetery of everyone buried there, and that needs to be considered. The majority of people want their loved ones graves to be surrounded with a little bit more dignity. I'd be appalled if I turned up one day at my child or mum or whoever's grave and found some gypsies had plonked disney land next to it.

[diddly-dee]

That aside, I just don't get modern 'grieving'. Who the f**k wants to remember someone by their place and manner of death, which is what all those roadside flower sites are doing.

[Ed209]

why?

do you think you're child might not like it?

if it wasn't gypsies, would it be ok?

Edited February 11, 2011 by Ed209

[eFestivals]

Yeah, that's always struck me as weird too, I mean you don't see bouquets piled up outside hospitals where plenty of people peg-out do you?

[grumpyhack]

You should see some of the stuff left at Jim Morrison's grave in Pere Lachaise Cemetry in Paris. Plus the graffiti written all over it.

[ampersand]

watched that gypsy show last night.

one of the guys went to his sons grave and sprinkled some of his cans of gaymers onto it after kissing the pic on the stone. very odd breed.

[jump]

watched that gypsy show last night.

one of the guys went to his sons grave and sprinkled some of his cans of gaymers onto it after kissing the pic on the stone. very odd breed.

[ampersand]

Why, rappers do it?

[jump]

it's just a very odd custom. that is if it is a custom or it's just what this guy decided to do.

[ampersand]

It's an old custom...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libation

It mentions rappers, Greeks & Jews but no gypsies though.

[rachbon]

no one has the right to stop them, but 'judge' - oh yes they do. It's what we all do with everything we encounter to a lesser or greater degree.

That aside, I just don't get modern 'grieving'. Who the f**k wants to remember someone by their place and manner of death, which is what all those roadside flower sites are doing.

[brighteyes]

watched that gypsy show last night.

one of the guys went to his sons grave and sprinkled some of his cans of gaymers onto it after kissing the pic on the stone. very odd breed.

[feral chile]

i just find it odd that people would feel so negative towards something like this, people deal with death in different ways.. so what if it all looks a bit tacky and shit? if it helps people get through life after losing someone, leave them to it...

[rachbon]

I actually thought that whole five minutes or whatever was quite touching, especially when the mother was talking about her son. I can imagine people being upset at the idea of drinking and 'partying' in the graveyard, but I reckon an annual remembrance party like that is a much more reasonable (healthy?) thing to do than dress the graves up like some of those Daily Mail pictures above.

[brighteyes]

aye, i liked that their son was still very much a part of their lives and it was nice to see them all celebrating and having fun instead of sitting around feeling sad.

if anyone else was in the cemetery that day though to visit a grave, it would have been a bit distracting to have loads of people there getting pished.

[rexclark]

You should see some of the stuff left at Jim Morrison's grave in Pere Lachaise Cemetry in Paris. Plus the graffiti written all over it.

[grumpyhack]

Here's one for you then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo6Es-itLg0

[Ed209]

I actually went for a stroll round Highgate cemetery this afternoon. That place is amazing. Exactly like the Victorian cemeteries from horror films (i'm guessing its been used a lot for filming). It really was beautiful.

Thought it was funny that one of the most extravagant and outlandish gravestones was Karl Marx. Apparently he didn't want anything at all as you would expect from Mr socialist himself, but the socialist movement decided that he had to have the best and stand out from all the others

[diddly-dee]

I'm not normally one for visting graves but I'd love to go to Jim Morrison's.