05-26-2009, 02:56 PM
Society protects people from having to witness and think about the dead.
Disrespectful? Of course. But to who? The dead don't complain nor care.
The living? Be grateful it isn't/wasn't you being loaded onto the back of a flat bed truck.
And, for what it's worth: once outside of eyesight of the public and family, there is little in the way of formality with the treatment the dead.
Witness an autopsy for confirmation.
Disrespectful? Of course. But to who? The dead don't complain nor care.
The living? Be grateful it isn't/wasn't you being loaded onto the back of a flat bed truck.
And, for what it's worth: once outside of eyesight of the public and family, there is little in the way of formality with the treatment the dead.
Witness an autopsy for confirmation.