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Full disclosure: I am an alien and I DO NOT UNDERSTAND MANY FUNERARY RITES OF HUMANS.

In the NYC tri-state area, (maybe the Northeast USA in general - I don't know) they take the dead body & (whole train of cars) procession for a ride past their old house and in the case of cops/fireman, usually past their firehouse or precinct. ITS FUCKING BIZZARO WORLD!!

Usually after the burial a lot of the entourage goes to the diner for brunch/lunch which is the one thing I support that both Christians & Jews here do. Then maybe the closest friends and family back to decedents house to (for Christians) get drunk and tell stories about the poor sap.

Like I said, I don't get you humans a lot of the time but I think the Jews are closest to the best way to mourn (with a BIG exception to the Vikings send off to Valhalla - THOSE GUYS KNOW HOW TO PARTY!)

The Jews "sitting shiva" makes sense to me. Simple pine box. Buried as soon as practical. No rabbi needed - head of family does "service". Set mourning period. Go to decedants house instead of sanitary clinical depressing funeral home where some preacher who never met the guy does a eulogy. EVERY visitor brings / orders food so you don't cook for days or weeks. Sit on uncomfortable box to remind yourself your not supposed to be comfy & cover mirrors so you're not concerned with vanity - all so you can truly focus on the decedant. All old photo albums throughout the home broken out for guests to look at. Everybody kvells, noshes & yentas in their shmatas.

So? What's it like by you? Does any other faiths funerary rites appeal to you? If It were up to me every cemetery would be turned into a park, preserve, trail, ball field or playground.

I've given some thought to Parsi (Zoroastrian) rites (another faith I admire very much) & the Tower of Silence for myself but will likely be made into a tree, plant or a diamond.

Is the Northeast just fucking insane with the drive by corpse?

"Pennsylvania residents with Trump signs in their yard are reportedly receiving disturbing letters warning them that “there will be consequences” for supporting former President Donald Trump. “We know where you live, you are in the data base,” the anonymous author states in the letter, first obtained by The Post Millennial. “In the dead of a cold winters night, this year, or next and beyond, there is no knowing what will happen. Your property, your family may be impacted, your cat may get shot. And more.” The threatening message was written..."

https://www.allsides.com/news/2024-10-17-1715/politics-voters-pennsylvania-receive-threatening-letters-warning-there-will-be

Are the range of crimes that can fit beneath a 1-year sentence (misdemeanor) or a multi-year sentence (felony) adequate to communicate the severity of the crime to interested parties like employers, insurers, landlords, etc?

Should a level of charge that is say 30 or 60 days be created?

Should I level of charge that is say 1 to 5 or 6 to 10 years be created?

Should misdemeanors have an expiration date where they are dropped completely from official records? Only recorded as a misdemeanor with no obligation to disclose what it was?

Many stakeholders in the criminal justice system have advocated that felonies be categorized into violent or nonviolent with the intent being that a non-violent felonies do not need to be disclosed to employers unless it is absolutely germane to the job (like applying for an accountant if you've been convicted of tax evasion)?

Gun owners have advocated for the same in order that non-violent felons can keep their guns.

Do you have any thoughts about when minors are charged with MAJOR crimes and how that should be handled? Family court? Sealed records? Psychiatric incarceration? Lower the age or give DA more discretion to charge kids as adults?