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re: Do you always stop for a funeral procession
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:04 pm to CharlieDay
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:04 pm to CharlieDay
I don't stop. Why would I put my family at risk to get rear ended for a dead guy? Morons
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Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:05 pm to CharlieDay
Yes, always
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:06 pm to CharlieDay
I can't remember the last time I saw one.
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:06 pm to northshorebamaman
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It's not pointless. It's still a sign of respect.
My reasoning is that it is faux respect...it is not real.
You don't know the deceased, family, or members of the procession.
And you sitting on the shoulder of the road comforts no one. You are not sitting there out of respect....you are sitting there for no other reason than you were told to long ago.
It is a prime example of the 5 monkey experiment in which people keep doing things because they misunderstand the reason for doing it in the first place.
This post was edited on 4/9/16 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:08 pm to theenemy
Fair enough.
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:10 pm to northshorebamaman
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Fair enough.
Let me add....I don't have a problem with someone doing this. If it makes you feel good to continue the tradition....great.
Just saying it shouldn't be frowned upon that someone takes a more practical opinion and chooses not to.
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:10 pm to CharlieDay
Yes. Always. My papaw used to get out of his car and take his hat off.
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:11 pm to CharlieDay
Yes, and I can't think of many times when I saw people that didn't stop.
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:12 pm to theenemy
It's the persons final ride. I don't care if I know them or not. It IS a sign of respect. Completely disagree that it's faux respect.
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:14 pm to CharlieDay
I've seen a wreck caused by a driver panic stopping on a two-lane US Highway for a funeral procession heading in the opposite direction.
I do not stop and I roll down my windows and crank up the Bizkit:
"It's just one of those days, when you don't wanna get up, everything is fricked..."
I do not stop and I roll down my windows and crank up the Bizkit:
"It's just one of those days, when you don't wanna get up, everything is fricked..."
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:15 pm to auzach91
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I don't care if I know them or not
Thats fine....I on the other hand take a more practical approach.
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:17 pm to theenemy
How is it practical? Your life is that busy where you can't stop for the maybe 3 funeral processions that you encounter a year?
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:18 pm to soccerfüt
On a funny note, I had a LEO tell me once he worked a crash in which the Funeral Procession expected a train to stop for it....it didn't. Luckily only minor injuries occurred. 
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:20 pm to auzach91
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How is it practical? Your life is that busy where you can't stop for the maybe 3 funeral processions that you encounter a year?
Because again....I do not know anyone involved and not a single person is comforted in watching a stranger sit on the shoulder waiting for them to pass.
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:24 pm to auzach91
It's archaic as was stated earlier in the thread.
It's a safety hazard, there is no clear legal guidance on it, and 100% of the time the folks for whom this misguided show of respect is intended do not get it. They are dead.
It's a safety hazard, there is no clear legal guidance on it, and 100% of the time the folks for whom this misguided show of respect is intended do not get it. They are dead.
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:26 pm to auzach91
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How is it practical? Your life is that busy where you can't stop for the maybe 3 funeral processions that you encounter a year?
Where do you live? Passed by 5 this year and they are getting longer. And I find it practical to not show a false sense of respect for someone that had nothing on my life. If they had then I'd be at the funeral. Person might have been a jerk off for all I know but either way it's not like I go out of my way to be disrespectful.
I see the rant is pretty divided on the issue which is what I expected.
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:27 pm to CharlieDay
Yes
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:29 pm to theenemy
bullshite. I know for one, my meme was very comforted to see everyone stop for my papaw when he died. So to say people aren't comforted is just stupid.
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:30 pm to CharlieDay
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And I find it practical to not show a false sense of respect for someone that had nothing on my life.
So during a moment of silence at a football game maybe, you keep talking because the person had no effect on your life?
Posted on 4/9/16 at 1:34 pm to auzach91
quote:You do know that memes do not have feelings, they are just data.
I know for one, my meme was very comforted
This post was edited on 4/9/16 at 1:35 pm
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