The article was depressing enough. A whole industry gearing up to cheapen and degrade grieving into a "celebration of life" complete with politically correct "green" burial, and the kind of antiseptic, well lit, (health club like) funeral homes run by profit conscious event planners. More empty Baby Boomer nonsense. And you close the article by mentioning off hand that you hadn't ever been to a funeral, even those of your grandparents? Seriously? What is really important in your life? Maybe you are the perfect customer for the "new and improved death experience".
On What Remains: Conversations With America's Funeral Directors
The article was depressing enough. A whole industry gearing up to cheapen and degrade grieving into a "celebration of life" complete with politically correct "green" burial, and the kind of antiseptic, well lit, (health club like) funeral homes run by profit conscious event planners. More empty Baby Boomer nonsense. And you close the article by mentioning off hand that you hadn't ever been to a funeral, even those of your grandparents? Seriously? What is really important in your life? Maybe you are the perfect customer for the "new and improved death experience".