It's morbid to film a hearse

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So many FB posts of people in Birmingham, filming Ozzy's hearse go by.

It's grim. Go and pay your respects yes but filming?! When will you ever crack that video out again for entertainment??

Sorry - edited as forgot to say who's it was!!

It's not - it was grim of people to film them too

Oh come on!!! The Osbornes are soaking up every minute of the circus. They're showbiz through and through. They planned it the way it happened and are playing up to it, with a little added drama by stopping the funeral procession to lay flowers on the shrine ..... Not minimising their grief and sadness blah blah but they know exactly what they're doing.

The whole thing is distasteful, as the Osbornes have always been, and will continue to be probably. Sorry if that offends anyone, but I expected nothing less.

It is a bit, but I feel like Ozzy would probably rate it, he had cameras his whole life. When Susan up the road posts from a funeral tho I do think that’s more gross

Modern world isn’t it? If you aren’t watching it through your phone camera, it’s not actually happening and you weren’t really there.

Ozzy himself had said he didn't want this to be a tearfest (or similar words). The whole idea and point was for this to be loud and noisy and a celebration.

His actual funeral is tomorrow, in private, where his family can grieve privately

Ozzy said he didn't want people crying and bawling over his death.

This part was very public, and the public does whatever. I remember Diana's funeral and people screaming her name whilst the hearse went past.

I took photos at my own grandad's funeral. The flowers were beautiful, and I wanted to remember them. It was not for "socials" at all.

Someone I work with was up there today and sent me a video clip

I felt very uncomfortable. I don't know why he thought I'd want to see that. I didn't reply.

I get that Ozzy was showbiz and he's probably okay with it but it just doesn't sit well with me. In fact, the clip that was sent to me, I can basically see a bunch of phones being held up and then the hearse.

I do understand that it's people's way of paying tribute. I just preferred the old ways.

"It was different in the past, people didn't photograph tragedy"

There are pictures of the survivors taken on the Carpathian when it rescued people from the Titanic. There are drawings done by survivors from what they remembered, or incorrectly drawn from retelling.

There are pictures of hangings and public executions and military tragedies and dead outlaws in the Old West

Being sensitive and thinking death is private is a relatively modern consideration