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 Wed 29 Mar 23 13:55 
 Euphemisms - James Loveless
"RIP. What's that about? Who is it for? The dead person, well, they won't read it, they are dead. The living? Well, it doesn't apply to us - does it?"

Just a tad unfair. The original R.I.P. is Latin - Requiescat In Pace, which means "may (s)he rest in peace". So it's a general wish for a restful state for the deceased.

Its validity rests (!) on the assumption that (a) there is some kind of afterlife and (b) that there is someone (a deity, presumably) who can do something about a deceased person's onward existence.

I don't believe in either. My preference for disposing of my remains after death is the cheapest option available. I don't mind what, if any, occasion there may be afterwards, but I do realise that funerals are for the living, not the dead. I may leave some requests, but only because I know that my kids will appreciate some kind of guidance as to what to do - and they will want to do something.

Like others here, I despise the mawkish sentimentality that often seems to surround the end of life.
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