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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Not that I'm aware of, but maybe it's like 6th Sense where I'd be the only person that didn't know?
I find the way we treat and mourn/celebrate (not sure if that's the right word) death in North American culture odd to begin with, but that's besides the point. I'll preface this whole thing by saying that everybody needs to mourn in their own way, and sure I get that, and whether or not I agree or understand is technically irrelevant.
However the roadside tributes just bug me. And it's only done for vehicle deaths. If someone has a heart attack at McDonalds, mourners don't strap a teddy bear to the table they were sitting at and then leave it there to weather. Die in a ski accident, they might name a run after you or have a plaque at the hill, but there's not flowers right at the spot in which the victim was buried in the avalanche.
There's the argument that it makes other people aware of the dangers of driving. Maybe. In which case I prefer the way Montana handles it, with a small white cross at the location.
Random stuff on the side of the road doesn't seem like much of a memorial or tribute to a person to me. Nor does marking the spot that the death occurred (at least in the case of car accidents).
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How do you feel about people placing flowers at the "small white cross" in Montana?