Silver, nobody is saying you're not entitled to, we are saying it's downright disrespectful and heartless to do it hours after a little boy has died. His family wanted to do this because they thought it was a special tribute. I very much doubt they gave consideration to the environmental impact, they would have been raw with grief. It would have been nice to see people on a parenting website give them a little bit of leeway here instead of using it to stick the boot in hours after they have just lost someone so precious.
Some people on these threads have raised important points in a respectful, compassionate and balanced way, but some have not. There has been an undercurrent of bitching, speculation, superiority and gossip like behaviour throughout, which started up again just hours after Alfie had died.
I find it strange that some of the people on here who can't stop picking over every little aspect of this case, even hours after Alfie had died, are some of the same ones who have been banging on about his right to dignity, privacy and respect. Perhaps, he should be shown some respect by people not using him as something to debate and argue over on the day he has passed away. I also very much doubt that Alfie would have wanted the people who loved him more than anything in the world to be receiving such criticism and speculation when they must be on their knees with grief.