Historic Cincinnati Cemetary Removes SpongeBob Gravestone Deemed "Inappropriate"

[Payday]

Was the child a sergeant in some military force?

She was in the Army and was murdered by her boyfriend, who was also in the Army. Her twin sister (alive) has an identical headstone in the plot next to this one, and she is in the Navy.

[Templar 331]

"We've decided that they aren't appropriate for our historic cemetery and they can't be displayed here,"

So a bunch of land where dead people are buried has to stay the same style? Who's going to care? The dead buried there? And if anyone living has a problem with the memorial, they have some real issues. I can just imagine some prick walking in and going "I don't want to see Sponge Bob while I walk to my dead relative's grave!" It's just about as bad as someone walking past your house and not liking the color of it and demanding you change it.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

So a bunch of land where dead people are buried has to stay the same style? Who's going to care? The dead buried there? And if anyone living has a problem with the memorial, they have some real issues. I can just imagine some prick walking in and going "I don't want to see Sponge Bob while I walk to my dead relative's grave!" It's just about as bad as someone walking past your house and not liking the color of it and demanding you change it.

Well, in fairness it would be weird. Although I'd probably laugh a little because of how silly it would be to see Sponge Bob there.

[Pull My Finger]

They removed the best tombstone they had on their graveyard. Morons.

[Tastyfish]

Meh, it's stupid to regulate tombstones. It fits on the plot, then It fits in.

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Well, in fairness it would be weird. Although I'd probably laugh a little because of how silly it would be to see Sponge Bob there.

Almost like it would cut threw the weight of being surrounded by death. ^_^

[Rupture91]

Lets be honest, it's a 7 foot Spongebob in a Cemetery... that's pretty fucking weird don't you think?

[Reeve]

When I visited the town of my mother's birth, and we went to the cemetery where a lot of my ancestors are buried, we encountered this:



That's in Caldwell, TX.

[The One Percent]

Whhhhhhoooooo lives in a coffin under the ground?

[moremana]

I'm guessing there may have been complaints from the families of other dead people interred in the cemetery, who considered the gravestone to be inappropriate (cemeteries aren't exactly known for being anything but sombre places of reflection and remembrance).

No, they were notified the very next day after it was put up that it had to be taken down.

OP I agree, I don't think its a appropriate headstone, maybe a Spongebob small pic in the corner, but a 7 foot cartoon character and 2 more smaller ones next to it? Hell No.

They are offering to pay, sensible family members will take it and do whats right.

[Forgettable]

I don't think there's any right answer. I can see both sides of the argument. As the family, of course I would want the gravestone to remain. But as anyone else, yea I'd be pissed there's a spongebob next to Grandpa Joe's grave. Especially considering the nature of that particular cemetary. I think a compromise should be found.

[Tastyfish]

Lets be honest, it's a 7 foot Spongebob in a Cemetery... that's pretty fucking weird don't you think?

Sure, but it's damn funny too.
my dad wants one that will dispense coffee cupons to people who step on the plot. ...


Edit: It's weird to even go to a mass gavesite and pray to rotting flesh under the soil.

[moremana]

When I visited the town of my mother's birth, and we went to the cemetery where a lot of my ancestors are buried, we encountered this:



That's in Caldwell, TX.

That is a fin tragedy. This cemetery is a fin joke, but hey, there's a place to bury every wanna be gangsta right..bury them all in Caldwell Texas.

[Templar 331]

Lets be honest, it's a 7 foot Spongebob in a Cemetery... that's pretty fucking weird don't you think?

And? It's a bunch of land filled with dead people that have rocks set above them with their names on them. Isn't that weird?

[Kalyyn]

I have made it very well known to my friends and family that when I die I dont want any fancy funeral or headstone, I want to be cremated as cheaply as possible and my ashes spread over the show room at "Allied carpets".

Rich, you truly are a hero. I'm still recovering from choking on my coffee just now.

[Tastyfish]

And? It's a bunch of land filled with dead people that have rocks set above them with their names on them. Isn't that weird?

It's an appeal to emotion in the end.
I love the Idea of a 7 foot spongebob because it's still an appeal to emotion but it conflicts with the EXPECTED emotion you should have. It's great, gaudy, irreverant... Says to me this is the kind of person I would of liked to of known irl, because who the hell would use that as the lasting testament to them being alive? Had to of been a pretty fun person, a person who lived.

[Templar 331]

It's an appeal to emotion in the end.
I love the Idea of a 7 foot spongebob because it's still an appeal to emotion but it conflicts with the EXPECTED emotion you should have. It's great, gaudy, irreverant... Says to me this is the kind of person I would of liked to of known irl, because who the hell would use that as the lasting testament to them being alive? Had to of been a pretty fun person, a person who lived.

I agree. The memorial is for the person in the ground, the friends and family of that person, not for every other person sticking their nose where it doesn't belongs. It shows what kind of person she was. If anyone has a problem, they should just keep walking.

[Hyve]

Perfectly reasonable in my view. If i'm going to visit someones grave, a loved one of mine, I don't want that staring at me.

[Deleted]

Well I don't think she'll mind.

[Templar 331]

Perfectly reasonable in my view. If i'm going to visit someones grave, a loved one of mine, I don't want that staring at me.

You want to visit a corps in the ground but you don't want a statue staring at you? That sounds funny to me.