Respect?

Where's the respect? Returning home from a recent shopping trip to Oak Ridge, I came upon a funeral procession. Being on a 4 lane, I got into the left lane and slowed down so as not to pass. A driver flew up behind me (going faster than the posted speed limit by the way) got right on my tail, then went into the right lane as if going to pass me, but came up to the end car of the procession and had to slow down. But, what really floored me was the amount of cars coming the other way that drove as if they weren't passing a funeral!

I can remember when every car would pull off to the side as the funeral passed. Do we not have the compassion or respect for our fellow man, that we no longer care that someone has lost a loved one? Are we so busy? What if that had been your loved one?

We worry about being PC for so many things. Worrying that we will upset someone about their race, religion, or sexual orientation, but we don't worry about people who are already upset about the loss of a loved one. Where are we heading people?

I hope that those people who just flew past without showing their respect, will remember that when they are in the funeral for their loved one as people go past without pulling over, we are just to busy with our lives to pay the respect that they "deserve".

Tim Massey
Harriman