Maybe they should have done it. Maybe they shouldn't. I don't keep track of much reality TV ( or as the primitives say "tee vee") so I can't form much of an opinion on this. I can however say that I have absolutely ZERO interest in seeing the photo, video, etc. My stomach turned as I read that. For that matter, I don't like seeing mummified fetuses either. AT ALL. I got in an argument outside at a planned parenthood I was walking past towards another destination a couple years ago, because someone was protesting the place by flashing it around I understand the Pro Choice/Pro Life arguments, but for God's sake, to haul that around with you? I almost got in a fight with a guy in the group of protesters over it. It seems a bit over the top to me.
I'm most certainly Conservative as you all well know. However, I tend to shy away from any Abortion discussion taking place, because it is, always has been, and probably always will be a fire that when lit, will rage for a long time, before it burns itself out.
To get to the nitty gritty of the topic, traditions range all over the world to in most cause become bazaar to outsiders.
Death is bound by tradition in all cultures.
Irish wakes that last 3 days 24 hours a day of family sitting before the casket passing around a bottle of good Whiskey. WHY?????
I asked a Boston Irish Priest about this------He told me this tradition went back to the time of home funerals, not that long ago in history there were unfortunately many people thought to be dead that were buried alive. SO the tradition long ago in Ireland and came to the US was to make sure the person in the casket was really dead. The Whiskey was to insure that if the occupant sat up the onlookers would not die themselves of fright.
When my friend was married in the Greek Orthodox Church there were some strange customs I inquired about. Bride and Groom had wreathes attached with a ribbon placed on their heads. At the death or either of them the ribbon is cut and the deceased was buried with their wreath.
When a Freemason dies his brothers come looking for him, When the deceased is a veteran, they get a military grave side service, TAPS are played. A family member is presented with a folded American Flag as a gift from a greatfull nation.
Tradition, those that give comfort to the grieving. People of money at one time hired mourners to grieve at the cemetery, the more people they could afford to hire the bigger the wealth and reputation of the family.
In the South I was stunned to find a tradition I had never seen before, family members having a photograph taken of them at the head of the open casket, some photos I saw people would have photos taken of the young kids sitting on the foot of the open casket.
The tradition of bringing home a still born or miscarriage child for the family to hold before burial is new to me. First knee jerk reaction was WTF. Then on second or third look I began to understand the need some family's have to do so. Death is so powerfull an emotion for the survivors, the funeral is more for the sake of the survivors then the deceased.
It amazes me when people leave instructions for their burial unless it is simply where they wish to be laid at rest. All else should be decided by family and loved ones, the funeral is for THEIR benefit ----when dead, it is the living that should have the last say.
When I pass if it is of benefit to family to have me salted down and used as lobster bait that is of advantage of my family--so be it.
My family has the tradition of placing photos of the family in the casket----Why, no one can tell me they just do it.
When dad died all of us in his blood line clipped a small lock of hair to place in his urn of ashes, WHY, darn if I know but the act made us feel better.
So many traditions, by the libs thinking the unborn are not human, ----Careful there is dark humor ahead----
Why not just have the fetus stuffed and turned into a lamp ???? People do have a favorite small pet stuffed, Deer and Moose heads on the wall------- Ask a pro-abortion advocate if they would consider this and watch their head explode.
No difference from keeping the kids baby teeth, locks of hair.
BTW there is on line a company that will turn a small amount of a beloved ashes into jewelery, rings, necklaces, they mix the ash with some kind of resin to become a stone hard bangel. Then there are company's that make a small bangle, the size of a Nitro holder and seal in the ashes of a loved one human or Animal.
