Life Rear Window Gravestones

angelo · 03-28-2009, 12:58 PM

In the last year or so I have noticed a disturbing increase in the amount of death notices or In memory notices on the rear windows of cars and trucks.

My questions are

1) Why would you want to bring to public a very private matter.

2) What good does it do towards healing.

3) How does it affect resale value.

The death of a loved one is so intimate that I can not even comprehend why people would do this.

I will take any answers of the air.

Ang

**Bowser** · 03-28-2009, 01:01 PM

Why does it upset you to see people do this?

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 03-28-2009, 01:02 PM

some people like the attention. very few do it for any real valid reason IMHO.

angelo · 03-28-2009, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bowser

Why does it upset you to see people do this?

It is not upsetting (the disturbing part is it's rapid proliferation) it is more that I am curious as to why people do it.

Ang

angelo · 03-28-2009, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

some people like the attention. very few do it for any real valid reason IMHO.

What would be a valid reason.

Ang

Sully · 03-28-2009, 01:06 PM

What's worse, IMO, is that they say "in memory of..."
What's in memory of them? The car? The sticker? The driving? Doesn't make sense to me

**Dave Lane** · 03-28-2009, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by angelo

In the last year or so I have noticed a disturbing increase in the amount of death notices or In memory notices on the rear windows of cars and trucks.

My questions are

1) Why would you want to bring to public a very private matter.

2) What good does it do towards healing.

3) How does it affect resale value.

The death of a loved one is so intimate that I can not even comprehend why people would do this.

I will take any answers of the air.

Ang

Even weirder in my mind is frikking tats with death dates and man thats ****ing nasty and creepy

**DeezNutz** · 03-28-2009, 01:11 PM

I've heard discussion that the markers along roadways, crosses and what not, are also a fairly recent development in our society.

tonyetony · 03-28-2009, 01:15 PM

I saw one the other day and wondered how many of these people have been cremated and their ashes strewn someplace and this car is the only physical marker indicating they had existed. Then I got a visual of the car being crushed, kind of depressing really.

angelo · 03-28-2009, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

I've heard discussion that the markers along roadways, crosses and what not, are also a fairly recent development in our society.

Yes, they also seem to be quite popular.
There was one in Brookside (Kansas City Suburb) dedicated to a guy who was shot by a security guard. The unreal part was that the victim had stolen from a local business and when apprehended he stabbed the security guard it he neck. It was only then that the security guard shot him.

His family continued to erect one with teddy bears and flowers for almost a year.

Ang

**chiefforlife** · 03-28-2009, 01:17 PM

I only see Hispanic people doing it, I thought it had something to do with their culture?

**DaFace** · 03-28-2009, 01:18 PM

I could be wrong about this, and perhaps this is my fault for stereotyping, but I've always perceived that as being a Hispanic cultural thing.

**DaFace** · 03-28-2009, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cfl

I only see Hispanic people doing it, I thought it had something to do with their culture?

Heh...glad it's not just me.

WilliamTheIrish · 03-28-2009, 01:21 PM

Same here. Mostly Latino folk that I see with rear window obits.

**DeezNutz** · 03-28-2009, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by angelo

Yes, they also seem to be quite popular.
There was one in Brookside (Kansas City Suburb) dedicated to a guy who was shot by a security guard. The unreal part was that the victim had stolen from a local business and when apprehended he stabbed the security guard it he neck. It was only then that the security guard shot him.

His family continued to erect one with teddy bears and flowers for almost a year.

Ang

Whoa.

03-28-2009, 12:58 PM
angelo Starter Join Date: Oct 2007 Casino cash: $9094965	Rear Window Gravestones In the last year or so I have noticed a disturbing increase in the amount of death notices or In memory notices on the rear windows of cars and trucks. My questions are 1) Why would you want to bring to public a very private matter. 2) What good does it do towards healing. 3) How does it affect resale value. The death of a loved one is so intimate that I can not even comprehend why people would do this. I will take any answers of the air. Ang
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03-28-2009, 01:01 PM	#2
Bowser sorta mod-ish Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: KC North Casino cash: $-18384	Why does it upset you to see people do this?
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mikeyis4dcats. Scarlett Johansson's boytoy Join Date: Nov 2006 Casino cash: $9555998	some people like the attention. very few do it for any real valid reason IMHO.
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03-28-2009, 01:06 PM	#6
Sully It Goes On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lees Summit Casino cash: $10026331	What's worse, IMO, is that they say "in memory of..." What's in memory of them? The car? The sticker? The driving? Doesn't make sense to me __________________ "And I don't wish that girl any bad luck," he said, "but I hope she gets hit with a car." - Tommy Lasorda
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03-28-2009, 01:15 PM	#9
tonyetony tonyetony Join Date: May 2001 Location: Yeah Right! Casino cash: $9977948	I saw one the other day and wondered how many of these people have been cremated and their ashes strewn someplace and this car is the only physical marker indicating they had existed. Then I got a visual of the car being crushed, kind of depressing really.
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03-28-2009, 01:17 PM	#11
chiefforlife Colorado Chief Fan Join Date: Feb 2006 Casino cash: $5493147	I only see Hispanic people doing it, I thought it had something to do with their culture?
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03-28-2009, 01:18 PM	#12
DaFace Kind of a mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Donkey Land Casino cash: $-1653101	I could be wrong about this, and perhaps this is my fault for stereotyping, but I've always perceived that as being a Hispanic cultural thing.
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03-28-2009, 01:21 PM	#14
WilliamTheIrish Champion Golfer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2001 Casino cash: $2650607	Same here. Mostly Latino folk that I see with rear window obits.
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