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Respect for the deceased

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Respect for the deceased Huiming When he was learning to drive in the United States, he was told: The United States is not like China, where you can let police cars and ambulances scream behind you without giving way...

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Respect for the Dead Huiming When I was learning to drive in the United States, I was told that the United States is not like China. When driving, you can let police cars and ambulances scream behind you without giving way. As soon as you hear or see the siren whistling behind you, you must stop on the right lane and wait to pass. Because saving people's lives is more important than anything else. In fact, dead people also have such treatment. Local driving rules stipulate that when a funeral convoy passes, all vehicles must give way. At first, I was a little confused. If a wedding convoy is coming and all you see in the rearview mirror are flowers, it's comfortable to look at and it's a celebration, so just give in. At first glance, the car behind was covered with white and blue flowers, some were black, and there was also a row of black cars and black clothes. It was very confusing, so I stepped on the accelerator and ran away quickly to avoid bad luck. But there's no way to escape. It's not that the road surface is bad - the friends in front have seen the convoy a long time ago and stopped on the side. The road surface is very wide, and you have to stop even if you run to the front. No matter what, you don't want to be the hearse clearing the way. However, after seeing more of it, I understood it. No matter how glorious or miserable they are in life, they are all equal before God after death and should be respected. Not long ago, a shooting occurred in the United States. The perpetrator killed someone and then committed suicide. After an American girl gave flowers to the victim, she also gave flowers to the murderer. The reason is that we did not realize your loneliness and abnormality earlier. Some people don't understand sending flowers to a murderer, but the sender is full of love and cannot help but be accepted by the angry family and friends of the victim. If we were in China, the magic tablet that caused the accident would have been smashed. Sometimes we have to admit that this country has greed, cunning, shamelessness, arrogance and prejudice that people in modern society have. However, the sages of this country have also set civilized norms for future generations. Everyone is born equal. With respect for the living, prohibition of all discrimination, and restriction of privileges, today all cars will make way for the deceased, and only then will the tomb of an unknown child be buried next to the tomb of a famous general, which has been preserved to this day. The reason why there is so little respect for the dead, especially for those other than relatives and friends, is because in our bones we have so little respect for the living. Some people say that the Beijing Memorial Hall has been preserved to this day. How can it be said that it disrespects the living and the dead? It is indeed respect, but it is respect for authority and has little to do with life and death. No one in China can start from their own status and not respect anyone. If they have some power and wealth, they will be even more powerful. After the high-speed train accident, the living leader used his claws and claws to overthrow the living and the dead and bury them together. Because, in their eyes, people are like ants when they are alive. When they are dead, they are even less important than the overall situation of traffic and economic development. Fortunately, God allowed Xiao Yiyi to be an angel for a time, allowing her to crawl out from the pile of victims and tell those who disrespected the dead. Old people always like to look at young people with contempt and are unwilling to accept young people's suggestions, but this time or the next accident, adults will think of Xiao Yiyi.

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