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flowers at a fatal road accident
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It began with the death of Diana Princess of Wales. If you recall the news footage, the road outside Kensington palace was acres deep in bouquets, and the 'flowers' response continued during the funeral prosession. from that day on, people have left bouquets with messages at scenes of tragedy.
Similarly, no-on let off fireworks at midnight on New Year's Eve until the Milennium, and now it is an anual custom.
People left 'tributes' on the pitch at Hillsborough and eventually half the pitch was covered. When they had to move them to play football people started leaving them at Anfield.
I could launch into a long rant about this (it really annoys me) but i will just say it is all part of what i call 'conspicuous compassion' - where people's so called 'grief' is displayed for all to see with no question of taste or dignity.
Its one of things that sort of creeped up on us and now is getting ridiculous.
Manchester City Council announced recently they would remove them after a month and everyone kicked off so much they backtracked.
There was a story recently where a animal carcass was found in a black binliner in Liverpool but the police were unsure what the remains were at first. Before they discovered it was a pig someone had laid flowers at the spot where the binliner was found.
I think it goes back a long time. There was a particularly nasty road near to where I lived and there were always flowers on the roadside to remember those that died. I do remember flowers being left for my Mother's friends son who was killed and that was in the late 70s.
Here in Germany people often donate to the local council and they put up a large cross or a crucifix (with peaked roof over it) as a rememberance which I think is a great idea.
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