Poll: picnic in the graveyard?

[interspark]

hey its up to you, youre not hurting anyone, personally, i wouldnt go out of my way but if there was one i cut through on my daily routine i can see why youd want to stop for a picnic there

 

[interspark]

In the long run, as another thread discussed, graveyards are basically a waste of space anyways. I visit those I lost from time to time, and if I saw someone having a picnick, It would actually cheer me up a bit to see someone enjoying their day while I dwell on the past.

So no, it isn't weird, nor do I think it is disrespectful, because when you sit down to eat, it's almost like you invited all of the lost souls in the graveyard to a picnick, and that brings a smile to my face.

That would make a great coca cola ad.

what, inviting the dead over for a picnic? i can think of better

 

[Liberaliter]

To me? No. For two reasons:

1: Grave yards are creepy as all heck.

2: Your eating on top of Corpses. That's highly disrespectful not only for the resting dead, but also for those who had to buy the Coffins, as well as the church that wishes the area remain peaceful and undisturbed (Unless it's one of those graves not affiliated with a church).

You wanna do it? Fine, go ahead. I am just saying it's not the right or nice thing to do.

I'm sure you won't be sitting on corpses. In all the graveyards I have been to there have been various grassy areas not near graves or with bodies underneath.

 

[interspark]

Not that I see a huge moral issue with it, but it's a bit weird to bring your kids along all the time to the point where they assume that's what a normal picnic is...maybe try a park once in a while?

a park?!? how cliche' the people in graveyards are often a lot quieter

 

[interspark]

To me? No. For two reasons:

1: Grave yards are creepy as all heck.

2: Your eating on top of Corpses. That's highly disrespectful not only for the resting dead, but also for those who had to buy the Coffins, as well as the church that wishes the area remain peaceful and undisturbed (Unless it's one of those graves not affiliated with a church).

You wanna do it? Fine, go ahead. I am just saying it's not the right or nice thing to do.

i dought eating ones lunch is going to disturb or disrespect anyone buried in a graveyard or anyone else for that matter, if i found out that, in a couple hundred years, someone would be regularly eating their lunch in a graveyard where i was buried i wouldnt have a problem with that, but i guess thats just me

 

[theklng]

This may sound odd at first, but somtimes I go to my towns graveyard. It's peaceful and quiet and it gives me time to think. And sometimes I take a snack or even a full lunch and have a picnic. But people tell me that I sould stop because it might upset someone. I have not got one complaint and there are no laws againts it, so why sould I stop. Tell what you think, is what I'am doing wrong?

maybe they'd tell you different if you weren't wearing all that black...

I do only wear black. Mabey they think I'am morning. Yes I'am goth, so you can stop asking me now.

i wasn't asking, i was pointing out. but whatever, goths are some of the biggest hypocrits on the planet. they're conforming to the goth culture.

 

[Regiment]

I don't think it's wrong, per se, but it's weird to have a full-on picnic in a graveyard. Just walking through a graveyard, with or without a snack, is perfectly acceptable.

 

[chiggerwood]

I find nothing wrong with it. In fact in some Latin cultures they dig up their dead relatives once a year and have a picnic with them as a way to honor, and remember the dead.
Alternate plus side to that ritual: if the obnoxious relative in your family (every family has one) is dead he can't get drunk at the party, and act like a twit.

on a personal note. when I'm dead, and buried; if someone decides to have a picnic on my grave, I won't mind. Why? Because I'll be DEAD, and if my relatives are that damn touchy about my corpse I will rise up from the grave and slap them.

 

[Cyanin]

...That said i know people who've had sex in a graveyard, now THERE'S disrespect..

You don't mean?... Do you?

No NO NOOOO, ah... ew...
Just a weird couple, both of whom are consenting and alive..
ew... *shudder*

 

[trickyfingers]

Yeah, that was fun when I was a dark, brooding, and stupid teenager.
We only did that every day. like 10 years ago.