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I find this odd
Apparently Whitney Houston's funeral is going to be televised. This skeeves me out. A funeral is such a personal and emotional event.
Don't get me started on Chris Christy wanting to lower the flags. 
Re: I find this odd
Yeah if they were going to televise someones it should be military.. they deserve the attention if anyone does.. IMHO
As a former Marine wife, I respectfully disagree.
Funerals shouldn't be used for publicity. If I lost my H, I would never want his funeral advertised.
exactly!
I don't find it odd. I agree it's a personal and emotional event but at the same time, she was a huge celebrity and in the spotlight often for the last few decades so her family's situation was unique. I think it's at their discretion and as long as they're ok with sharing it, you know? A lot of celebrities' funerals have been televised so I guess it just doesn't surprise me.
One thing that does bother me though is when the paparazzi swarms over big events uninvited. When MJ died (and many other celebs) there were helicopters flying over his body bag as they were loading him into the coroner's van. That always makes my stomach turn a bit.
As morbid as this sounds, I've thought about this a lot with my H, as I'm sure you ladies have also.
If H died while not on the job then it would be a private affair with friends and family like usual. However, if he died in the line of duty in order to get a full police funeral it would have to be a public event with people from across the state. As much as it hurts to be in the spotlight at such a bad time, I think it would be a nice way to honor him. I've seen a few police funerals and it was incredibly sad but moving to see everyone from across the state show support.
This is just a different perspective though!
I completely understand if others wouldn't want that.
ETA: Obviously I realize this is not nearly on the publicity scale of Whitney Houston. lol. The military discussion just made me think of this.
I get that she lived her life in the spotlight, but I just feel weird about watching someone's funeral on TV, celebrity or not. Wasn't Ronald Reagan's funeral televised as well?
If something had happened to my H in the line of duty, I know he wouldn't have wanted his funeral to be a public event. Even when he was still in, the Marines was just a profession to him.
That's totally understandable. If it's something he wouldn't want then it makes more sense not to do it and honor his wishes.
I just heard that Chris Christie vetoed the same-sex marriage bill.
I hadn't read the news in the last couple of days so when you mentioned his name I looked it up.
I think it's an embarrassment to this country and the things and people we "worship". She was a lovely talent and a beautiful young woman, but she chose to throw it all away for the high of drugs. She wasted her life and her talent, and yet we look at her as a hero. She wasn't a hero - she was a woman who had talent and abilities but made some horrible choices in her life.
No one's even mentioning that she was a junkie and a liar for the last half of her life, and they're instead hung up on worshiping her.
And that flag stuff burns me up.
JMO.
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I agree with Stellar.
I really don't see this as her being proclaimed a "hero." Her life was in the public eye so it's no surprise that now her death is too. And people have been talking about her drug abuse for many years. When it was announced that she'd died everyone jumped to conclusions assuming an overdose, so it definitely isn't being pushed under the rug.
*shrug* I don't know. Things like this just don't bother me but to each her own.