ROFLMAO John got smacked.

 

I asked for it!!! can you believe we have gone to a second page reference this crap you started DOG

 

What an interesting thread.

I too have always wondered about the 'memorials' on the back of people's cars, maybe if they were a huge car person or founder of a car club maybe, but if not, I do think it is a little strange to memorialize so publically, but that is just my personal opinion, not meant to offend anyone

 

 

not to mention the ones that take up the entire rear window!!!I loved my mother-in-law but I was not going to put anything on the widow or bumper of my car when she passed.

 

With such free thing entraprenuers out there and willing to step up with such innovative solutions , who needs national health care.

 

Anyone who puts such a public display on their vehicle may get a response, the trouble is it may not be the one they would want. Religious or political signs are apt to get the worst responses. Not that theres anything wrong with that.

 

It is posible the car belonged to the deceased and was a bequethal. Thus the memorial would be appropriate. Sorta.

My point is that since we don't really know, the riddicule is, perhaps, insensitive

 

I never understood memorials on cars either. Here in the south, it is hard to go a day without seeing a "In Loving Memory of Dale Earnhardt" plastered on someones car/truck. LOL

 

Then I might put "Thanks [deceased's name]". JK

 

Riddicule? If what I have posted above passes for riddicule, the skin of too many people has gotten too thin

 

In years past we used to mark the passing of someone dear to us with a quiet mourning, black clothes, shades drawn etc for a certain amount of time. Other people offered sympathies and paid due respect.
Now days it seems that grief is made public and some people have to be seen grieving. This is most evident when a luminaries like MJ, Princess Di etc die or even when a previously unknown person dies in a news worthy style, then the flower and Teddy Bear sales skyrocket as people mourn in public in some cases for someone they never knew and the more tears the better, if you can get on TV then a group hug with others is called for.
I think this is a change in culture probably influenced by the media but definitely supported by them as feed for one minute clips on the news.
I have great respect for families of well known people who ask that they be left in peace to grieve privately.
Call me cynical if you wish, but the so called grief expressed this way is shallow and a form of group hysteria.

 

Nicely said, 180, could not have put it any better myself.

 

I think the memorials on cars are tasteless. I think the ribbons are out of control. I think the fact that grown men can't spell RIDICULE is hilarious!

 

GOT CONTRIDICTION?

 

Not hilarious, you mean ridiculous surely.
I just love my spell checker, as it saves the occasional typo, almost as much as the rear view mirror on my '04.
If I remember correctly the spell checker used on this site has to be installed before it can be used. As this is no big deal I am surprised that it isn't used more often, but I guess I am old school and spelling correctly is an option not a necessity these days.
I admit my grammar sucks but at least I try to spell kareckly.

 

I think it is just sad that this whole post was just a stated opinion by thirteendog, and he gets torn apart by a guy that spells FRANKLY with a C!

It seems like people have nothing better to do than cause controversy on here lately.

Thirteendog, I agree with you. I hate the memorials and junk on cars. Then again, I would not put a bumper sticker on anything I own.

 

So how do you think my XFire would look with Beaner *****? (not meant to offend Beaner) That is just what we called them growing up in South Central! (yes, I am just trying to lighten this thread!)

 

Some might say that if it's good enough for Franc Rauscher its good enough for this forum.
I agree no stickers, even dealership logos stuck on the back or on license plate holders.

 

Honestly... I agree.

Aside from immediate family, no one will know the deceased individual being advertised.

It's not that no one else would care if we DID know the person, but we don't care since we NEVER knew the person.

Sometimes, ignorance is bliss. I don't necessarily NEED to know about the passing of every goldfish. Think of how depressed you'd be if you were a professional mourner?

Having said all of that, I simply ignore them like I ignore most other things that strike me pointless. And yet, it is their right to wrap their car in a vinyl casket if they'd like. Not my dollars, or my vehicle. Certainly not my right to suppress their speech.