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What if the funeral is a 10 day extravaganza at tax payer expense whilst some families are choosing between eating and heating?
by pharmakom 4y ago
What if the funeral is a 10 day extravaganza at tax payer expense whilst some families are choosing between eating and heating?
- gambiting 4y agoI think we're reaching some insane point in this discussion when a funeral of one of the most well known people in the world, where leaders of literally every major superpower are coming over to pay their respects is called an extravaganza.
- dTal 4y ago
- aembleton 4y ago> where leaders of literally every major superpower are coming over to pay their respects Is Putin coming?
- autoexec 4y agoConsidering they've failed to take Ukraine I'm not Russia gets to keep it's "Superpower" status anymore. Even if they eventually managed it in the following weeks/months/years, that's still just pathetic. I'm not saying I wanted Russia to invade or beat Ukraine, I think the war was beyond stupid and unnecessary but it sure has made Russia look weak and dumb. Not the kind of thing that "projects power on a global scale."
- rlpb 4y agoSince about half the country seem to want to show up, it seems reasonable and proportionate. I wouldn't have a problem with some celebrity's funeral being a huge affair either, even if I didn't care for that celebrity myself. In case I'm misunderstood, I don't feel strongly either way about the British royalty, but I'm OK with allowing a significant proportion of the population being left alone to get on with what ceremony they want to do, given that they want to do it.