Banning Death Announcements..!

According to the popular blog, Living Guyana, they received a scoop from a source at "Government Information Agency indicating that the President Bharrat Jagdeo will ban death announcements from radio and television in Guyana with effect from August 1st 2008. This ban comes into effect because President Jagdeo is concerned that death announcements are too negative and make people unhappy therefore he is removing those from the airwaves." (Giggles) He probably realized that no where else in the world, do people publish or broadcast the names and pictures of the dead. I always found it amusing myself, however I have to admit my grandmother loved looking at Death Announcements, ritualistically she would put on the TV and look for old classmates and friends she hadn't seen in years. It seems as though attending funerals, became her past time which entailed bringing out her finest frock and classiest hats. I guess when you get older, anything is a worthy occasion to get dressed up for. So what will all the convalescent people do now, how will they know the schedule of events or whether or not a " soul funeral" is on, during the week. Presi trying to jack up, the entire social life of our OLD people or what? A word of advice, it is not nice to piss off old people, by turning off their favorite daytime / night time entertainment, you don't know what grumpy old people are capable of, we already have enough crazy people on the streets.