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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Death and the process of dying is shocking to Americans bc:

-Americans don’t respect death. It is a commodity. We sell and use guns. We have the NRA that worships guns that cause death, often of innocent people. Deaths are shown on the news every morning, day and night. Our tv shows and movies romanticize death. Death is nothing special until it happens to someone we personally know, then all of a sudden it’s real to us and we can’t handle the reality that a human life is really gone forever.

-Americans outsource everything, including aging parents. Our family structures are very nuclear and close extended families are not as much a thing anymore, so we are no longer involved in the daily processes of taking care of sick family members and aging elders, and helping them have a comfortable transition to death. They’re tucked away until they die, we visit a few times, then there’s the funeral.

-Americans are very selfish and self-centered. More communal cultures celebrate birth, life and death as a community. They ceremoniously and ritually remember and honor their dead loved ones and ancestors. They together embrace and take care of the sick and dying. Death is not a mystery to them, it is expected and part of the cycle of life. They respect death and the dead. Americans don’t do that. Our cemeteries are quiet forlorn places, often without visitors. We bury a loved one then go on about our business.[/quote]

Agree with much of this.  Our culture does a very poor job of dealing with death.  [/quote]

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