Hi Anna,
I can see the point you are making, and I think most would agree that it would be nice to see the grave cleaned up......including Mary, but a pristine memorial is not really possible, with the best will in the world.
People that have put the items there have done so as a token........and it was obviously important to them to do it. I personally probably wouldn't put anything on it as that's not my way, but I understand that other people might feel the need to do it and certainly wouldn't knock them for it.
How do we decide which tokens should stay and which should be cleared off? You either clear the lot away, or leave it all, because no-one has the right to decide whose token is worthy of being there and whose isn't.
Obviously it can be tidied up.......and bits of debris that are totally irrelevant cleared away which might make a difference..........but it's going to happen all over again as more visitors put things there. Even if you cleared the lot away, give it a year and it would all be back again.
So really the only way Mary is going to have a token free grave is if items left are continuously cleared and thrown away.......Personally, I would rather see a strange collection of miscellany, left by people who want to show respect for Mary in their own way than nothing at all - and this applies to all the victims not just Mary.
Much love
Jane
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I can see the point you are making, and I think most would agree that it would be nice to see the grave cleaned up......including Mary, but a pristine memorial is not really possible, with the best will in the world.
People that have put the items there have done so as a token........and it was obviously important to them to do it. I personally probably wouldn't put anything on it as that's not my way, but I understand that other people might feel the need to do it and certainly wouldn't knock them for it.
How do we decide which tokens should stay and which should be cleared off? You either clear the lot away, or leave it all, because no-one has the right to decide whose token is worthy of being there and whose isn't.
Obviously it can be tidied up.......and bits of debris that are totally irrelevant cleared away which might make a difference..........but it's going to happen all over again as more visitors put things there. Even if you cleared the lot away, give it a year and it would all be back again.
So really the only way Mary is going to have a token free grave is if items left are continuously cleared and thrown away.......Personally, I would rather see a strange collection of miscellany, left by people who want to show respect for Mary in their own way than nothing at all - and this applies to all the victims not just Mary.
Much love
Jane
xxxx
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