worm Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 cant believe I am kinda defending the Daily Mail there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t8yman Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 I'd suggest that it shows that you can speak impartially and without prejudice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed209 Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddly-dee Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed209 Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyhack Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ampersand Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jump Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ampersand Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Why, rappers do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jump Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 it's just a very odd custom. that is if it is a custom or it's just what this guy decided to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ampersand Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 It's an old custom... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libation It mentions rappers, Greeks & Jews but no gypsies though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachbon Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brighteyes Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feral chile Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachbon Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brighteyes Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexclark Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyhack Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Here's one for you then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo6Es-itLg0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed209 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddly-dee Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 I'm not normally one for visting graves but I'd love to go to Jim Morrison's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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