State Funerals

[happy_tiger]

Don't take this the wrong way and I'm not speaking ill of the recently deceased

But what is this new attraction to give everyone a state funeral who is remotely famous ??

If you have given much time to help the socially disadvantaged without payment / expectations ..

I think we have forgotten what the idea this is supposed to represent

Thoughts

 

[tiger_one]

"Remotely famous" is a grey area, and getting more grey by the day.
I remember Steve Irwin's family being offered a state funeral and they declined.

 

[twentyforty]

Don't take this the wrong way and I'm not speaking ill of the recently deceased

But what is this new attraction to give everyone a state funeral who is remotely famous ??

If you have given much time to help the socially disadvantaged without payment / expectations ..

I think we have forgotten what the idea this is supposed to represent

Thoughts

I always thought a state funeral or memorial service were reserved for senior public servants or distinguished military leaders?
The protocol seems to have changed to have it represent a kind of posthumous award. We often hear of families of the deceased rejecting the offer of a state funeral. I think funerals and memorial services are for the living, and their choice to mourn privately. If you want to give a soccer player, AFL player, race car driver, Lions club member, librarian etc an award then do it when they’re alive, I say.

 

[hugh1954]

Is this for the opera attendee ?