You shouldn't either.

And for myself, I won't be taking up space myself, being cremated. But there *are* sentiments of ancestor-worship.

I mean, think about it. We take dead bodies. Dress them up in nice clothes. Throw on some powder and lipstick. Then we put them on display for hours. And finally put them in big boxes to store underground indefinitely. The only thing we don't do is attach strings and march the dead bodies around like marionettes.

That is just sick.

I don't see how any other activity on that same site could possibly be any more ghoulish or disrespectful to the dead.

I hate looking a dead bodies.

Graveyards used to be parks, before we had parks.

Families would clean the grave site and then have picnics.

My ashes will go to the Texas hill country.

The body in box never looks natural, it is just creepy to me.

I have left a little money for a party, remember me that way.

The dead really don't care.

uncle just died. I would not want somebody yuking it up on their graves.

My wife and I belong to 'Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery.'

We've toured it and have seen several plays/concerts on the grounds.

We have no family buried there.

http://www.thelaurelhillcemetery.org

and told us about her tomb at the cemetery, and I went to that cemetery on my own after the tour. Hmmm. I contradict myself. *BUT* I didn't whoop it up!1


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“Don't think of it as a cemetary(SIC!1)”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed August 5, 2012
Sure there are gravestones with lots of lovely symbolism but you can also think of it as walking through one of the most beautiful gardens you will ever see. The grounds are a nice blend of manicured and unkempt but even the unkempt is very carefully unkempt. Among the acres of flowering shrubs and perennials, there are many native and non-native trees; some of them state champions. Statues, some of them quite large, are frequently seen as well as other architectural/artistic marvels such as a tower from which one can see much of Boston. Spend time examining the tower and you will realize the stone masons were as skilled as any.

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Personally, if I think about the future and being in one (which I won't; I'll opt for cremation), the best part of it would be people having some fun around, and even on, me.

But really, the good ones are "sacred" in that they are places where people do all kinds of life and death things. I hate the neat little ones that really do seem neglected, no matter how well kept they are.

New Orleans' absolute best ones are true Cities of the Dead, and just bustle sometimes. I like that.

been on a couple of cemetery TOURS myself!!!!!!!!1 What a hypocrite!1

I once joked about how much of a kick I'd get being turned into a human marionette after I'm dead. So to me touring graveyards isn't really that bad as long as people don't vandalize them.

person said they've been doing this for nine years, that they are the ones who have been preserving the site, that the tours are done in respectful historical tour fashion, NOT with costumes.

So my snit has been AVERTED!1

Not for the "haunted" stuff. That's all bull crap. I do like old cemeteries, though - a lot of history in them.

We saw some really cool ones in SE Alaska this summer. Gold rushers, old Native folks. To me, there's something calming about a cemetery. I guess I'm kind of weird that way.

It's pretty much the norm there

The dead don't care that much, but their surviving loved ones just might. I'm a little leery about converting a cemetery into something like a haunted hayride - unless all of the deceased worked at haunted houses in life, in which case they might be tickled with the idea.

before us.