Don't be jealous! 
One thing I've noticed about the Christians that I know personally is that they believe that people don't go directly to heaven, unless someone in the family dies. Then, suddenly, we're all to believe that the person is with Jesus now.
Sorta makes you realize that Marx was right in that sense, eh? Religion truly is the opiate of the masses. The ultimate comfort blanket.
Yep.
You also don't hear people give non-touching eulogies. Things like "This man was a dickhead and I'm glad he's dead". We treat the dead as though they're pure even though they aren't. The only socially acceptable way to express that side of a person is to not say anything.
Or it is just a common courtesy to not bad mouth them when there are other people around that may have cared about them. Doing so would just be kicking people while they are down.
Stop trying to find deep meanings where there are none. Not everything can give insight to the human condition. Stop trying to make deep observations in completely pointless things. It is getting quite annoying.
And no, I won't stop. I find it fun and if this forum isn't meant for angering people, I don't know what forum is.
Good to clear up you're just a troll.
Not intentionally and to be honest it's not something that gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. But I'm also very bad at being mean so that probably has something to do with it.
Anyway, I'm not going to stop being who I am and that's an arrogant, peudo-philosophical, logical, sane guy.
And why are we even on this subject? This thread is about Universal Healthcare, not how we act towards the dead.
Don't be jealous!
One thing I've noticed about the Christians that I know personally is that they believe that people don't go directly to heaven, unless someone in the family dies. Then, suddenly, we're all to believe that the person is with Jesus now.
Sorta makes you realize that Marx was right in that sense, eh? Religion truly is the opiate of the masses. The ultimate comfort blanket.
Yep.
You also don't hear people give non-touching eulogies. Things like "This man was a dickhead and I'm glad he's dead". We treat the dead as though they're pure even though they aren't. The only socially acceptable way to express that side of a person is to not say anything.
I think that custom has more to do with leaving people with at least one good memory of the deceased, not so much with making them appear pure. We spend our whole lives finding the faults in others, might as well see what good they've done once they're dead, no?
True.
Which is why I prefer the Irish custom: Party.