Why do we put clothes on people when they're being buried? It just seems a little impractical.
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Posted by mach2821 Jul 6th, 2011 at 2:53PM
Decisions like that are not forced on the deceased, well not normally unless the family handling the last wishes refuses to grant them. In most cases the family whats to be able to say good by to the loved one in a fitting rite. Americans have traditionally said good bye to their deceased with an open casket so it is only fitting to have the deceased clothed. It is like there are traditional ways to celebrate a birthday, and traditional ways to honor a graduate, these are rites that have been practiced for decades, but not forced on anyone.
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Posted by Undertone Jul 6th, 2011 at 2:53PM
It is for dignity. Even cremated bodies are dressed.
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Posted by robylynne Jul 6th, 2011 at 2:53PM
I loved my grandma. I never saw her naughty bits. Thank you, lacy, lavender funeral dress.
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Posted by sunlightonmyface Jul 6th, 2011 at 2:53PM
I've always said that I'm just a lump of bad meat when I'm dead, so why would you put a lump of bad meat in fancy clothes, in a fancy box, with fancy shenanigans? Would you drive a lump of bad meat around in a limo? Nope. That's what being alive is for. I couldn't care less what you do with me once I kick the bucket. Don't waste money on dead things. There's a reason why we decompose and all... (Morbid? I dunno.)
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Posted by ronaldjroach Jul 6th, 2011 at 2:53PM
Because some people have a hard time looking at the living in public without clothes, and I don't think they would do any better with naked dead people.
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Posted by Deepressed Jul 6th, 2011 at 2:53PM
so that when the dead come back as zombies, you can still keep the PG rating and no get switched to 'R'
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