A Cause for Thanks…
…..to Mansfield District Council. Earlier this year I had to attend a funeral; my nephew’s baby died at only 4weeks old. It was a heart-rending occasion when the weather was cold and wild, echoing the feelings in the hearts of those who went to the cemetery.
Shortly afterwards, at a meeting of full Council, where the proposed budget for the year was to be voted upon, I thanked the Finance Team for keeping the charges for burial of children at the cost price. Don’t you agree that it would be totally unprincipled to make profit from such a sadness?
I came across a story in the Daily Mail which tells of a different ethos. I will share it with you.
‘A report for ******Council has called for a rise in burial and cremation fees at the start of next January to”maximise the peak demand period“. January usually records the highest average death rate of the year, largely because of the greater number of elderly people who succumb to the colder weather.’
Perhaps I am naive, but there is something distasteful about profiteering from death, even if it is the death of someone who has lived a long life. Why not try to help keep them warm, instead?
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