That stripper you planned on having at your funeral is no longer allowed

[Phlegmak]

Strippers at funerals? I never knew this existed. The reasoning behind it makes sense, in a strange way. It's the bolded part below.


BBC Link

China acts on funeral strippers

Five people have been detained in China for running striptease send-offs at funerals, state media say.

The once-common events are held to boost the number of mourners, as large crowds are seen as a mark of honour.

But the arrests, in the eastern province of Jiangsu, could signal the end of the rural tradition.

Local officials have since ordered a halt to "obscene performances" and say funeral plans have to be submitted in advance, Xinhua news agency said.

The arrests, in Donghai county, followed striptease acts at a farmer's funeral, the agency said.

Two hundred people were said to have attended the event, which was held on 16 August.

The Beijing News said the event was later revealed by a Chinese TV station. The leaders of five striptease troupes were held, it said, including two involved in the farmer's funeral.

"Striptease used to be a common practice at funerals in Donghai's rural areas to allure viewers," Xinhua agency said.

"Local villagers believe that the more people who attend the funeral, the more the dead person is honoured."

As well as ordering an end to the practice, officials have also said residents can report "funeral misdeeds" on a hotline, earning a reward for information.

 

[CIVPhilzilla]

Crap, now I have to make a couple of phone calls to change my funeral arangements again.

 

[Dann]

 

[Bozo Erectus]

I dont see what the problem is. If people want to have strippers at a funeral, who cares?

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Well... at my funeral, I intend to speak. And mock people. And joke about my death. And give little hints that it was arranged, and that I'm not really dead. And leave a cronjob to send emails to people a week after I die.

Bother the strippers! I can violate my own funeral just fine, and they can't catch me for it!

 

[steviejay]

I want strippers at my funeral, that would so kick ass. you'd be remembered FOREVER.

you remember that guy you went to school with? nicknamed Steviejay?
er.... na, can't remember him.
yeah you must, got lowered into the ground by women in lingerie.
oh yeah, him! he was a blast

 

[silver 2039]

I wouldn't mind having a stripper at my funeral, after all funerals are boring but a stripper could really spice things up! And people wouldn't ave to wear black instead they would have to wear hot pink. Ah...so many plans.

 

[dh_epic]

Yep, if people wanna do it, let em do it.

Funny that you probably could have changed "China" to "US" and this news bite would still be believable. I'm sick and tired of the 'decency police', everywhere.

 

[Souron]

Not surpriseing coming for china. Also follows there political ideals of conformity.

Kind of an interesting ritual though.

 

[Panda]

No more strippers at funerals? Where is this world coming to?

 

[Perfection]

Hey, they're still legal here!

 

[blackheart]

I want hookers at mine.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I want hookers at mine.

Necrophiliac hookers, I presume?


While the idea is rather, well, foreign to me, I don't see why they're banning it. If people want to waste their money on striptease performances at the funerals of their loved ones, why not let them?

 

[Till]

I think they originally meant the public display of a corpse with "obscene performances", but then something got confused on the way and now the stippers are out of job.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Does this mean the necrophiliac orgies are out?

 

[FriendlyFire]

Well sky buriels I can understand
Stripper at funerals ?

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

and say funeral plans have to be submitted in advance

just how far in advance do I have to submit the plans? weeks, months, years?

Necrophiliac hookers, I presume?

Do they have to be included in the plans, or can I just serve ?

This is quite disturbing cause I'm and I now have to redo the will

 

[Nobody]

let the crazys beat the crazys (meaning sure the chinese goverment are nuts but so is anyone wanting stripers at funerals)

 

[ThePrankMonkey]

I dont see what the problem is. If people want to have strippers at a funeral, who cares?

ITS CHINA!!!!!!

i think you can figure the rest of it out on your own.

 

[Perfection]

let the crazys beat the crazys (meaning sure the chinese goverment are nuts but so is anyone wanting stripers at funerals)

Pah everything is better with strippers!

Why stop at that? I say we apply this to all sorts of religious ceremonies:
Stiptease Service
Burlesque Baptismals
Peep show Prayer
Lap Dance Liturgy

Wouldn't that be great?