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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Cashy, that is not the issue here....it is respect for the whole family who are grieving regardless of their past.
It isn't about what he has done or what he hasn't done, it is about the loss a family are grieving for.
They have lost a mother...and you only ever have one of those...and however bad they are....you still have lost.
I cannot explain it any better than that.
Her life has to be about more than the 11 years she was in office.......but, that is just how I see it.
My mother is almost the same age and I know how I would feel if she were to die tomorrow......perhaps some of you cannot empathise with this.
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Customs have certainly changed Margaret - at one time it used to be said that there's good and bad in everyone and the sign of respect to the family was to stop and acknowledge a cortege. This didn't happen in 1999 when the cortege of my late husband travelled to the cemetery which frankly I found quite upsetting - until one old man stopped, took off his hat and acknowledged in the old fashioned way. I must say that I found solace in his courteous action.