http://shanglee.com/blog/2006/05/26/the-business-of-death/ Thank you for reading Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:40:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://shanglee.com/blog/2006/05/26/the-business-of-death/comment-page-1/#comment-44140 An iPad stab my ego — The Journey Within Sat, 22 May 2010 09:31:07 +0000 http://shanglee.com/blog/2006/05/26/the-business-of-death/#comment-44140 [...] of technology, I saw how a person was efficiently cremated, but lost the time to effectively [...] [...] of technology, I saw how a person was efficiently cremated, but lost the time to effectively [...]

]]> http://shanglee.com/blog/2006/05/26/the-business-of-death/comment-page-1/#comment-42431 I killed myself — shang lee . com Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:39:44 +0000 http://shanglee.com/blog/2006/05/26/the-business-of-death/#comment-42431 [...] a week going through the proceedings of my grandmother’s death, conducted very much like the business of death I wrote earlier. However, this time, I feel [...] [...] a week going through the proceedings of my grandmother’s death, conducted very much like the business of death I wrote earlier. However, this time, I feel [...]

]]> http://shanglee.com/blog/2006/05/26/the-business-of-death/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Doctor, my phone is sick - shang lee . com Sun, 04 Jun 2006 17:47:52 +0000 http://shanglee.com/blog/2006/05/26/the-business-of-death/#comment-148 [...] However, sometimes we require the opposite to make us feel better, or feel more in control of the situation. Like how the police will rattle off a report to his boss “accident at 0400 hours, one male aged 23 and one female aged 19, no fatal injury”. The police has effectively “mechanised” the way he speaks to his higher-ranking officer. This way of speaking provides a certain detachment to the current situation. Detachment is sometimes useful, especially when emotions are involved, like how a business mechanises the process of a funeral, mechanisation helps deal with death. [...] [...] However, sometimes we require the opposite to make us feel better, or feel more in control of the situation. Like how the police will rattle off a report to his boss “accident at 0400 hours, one male aged 23 and one female aged 19, no fatal injury”. The police has effectively “mechanised” the way he speaks to his higher-ranking officer. This way of speaking provides a certain detachment to the current situation. Detachment is sometimes useful, especially when emotions are involved, like how a business mechanises the process of a funeral, mechanisation helps deal with death. [...]

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