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No State Funeral for Alan Bond

grandmoon — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 07:13:00 GMT

A government spokesman told AAP there were no plans to hold a state funeral.

Why should he be entitled to one ??

Re: No State Funeral for Alan Bond

freshwater-2 — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 07:56:26 GMT

A State Funeral ? ..........they should be talking about putting him out on the kerb for the next Council clean up day.

Re: No State Funeral for Alan Bond

rabbitearbandicoot — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 08:24:31 GMT

@freshwater-2 wrote:
A State Funeral ? ..........they should be talking about putting him out on the kerb for the next Council clean up day.

I suppose all the people he ripped off would like to organise a little something for him.

Re: No State Funeral for Alan Bond

moonflyte — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 23:20:59 GMT

He does not deserve a state funeral and I believe all politicians should not be afforded one either.

Re: No State Funeral for Alan Bond

the_great_she_elephant — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 07:48:55 GMT

It would be the height of hypocrisy. I can't imagine how the idea so much as flickered across anyone's mind.

Re: No State Funeral for Alan Bond

kilroy_is_here — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 13:15:13 GMT

I find amazing how people see things here have Alan who did both good and bad things for the country as he used others money to achieve them , so state funeral for him, then on the other hand we have goeff Whitlam who was removed from power for acting a way that could have bankrupted the country , yet he gets a state funeral it's really quite bizarre

Re: No State Funeral for Alan Bond

moonflyte — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 23:47:30 GMT

@kilroy_is_here wrote:
I find amazing how people see things here have Alan who did both good and bad things for the country as he used others money to achieve them , so state funeral for him, then on the other hand we have goeff Whitlam who was removed from power for acting a way that could have bankrupted the country , yet he gets a state funeral it's really quite bizarre

It seems every man and his dog is offered a state funeral these days no matter how inept they were in office. The Benaud family declined and they are more respected for it.

I do not believe entitled politicians should have state funerals under any circumstances.