Sarasota, FL couple refreshes Caylee Anthony memorial

[Procrustus]

@aceplace57

That community suffered through a lot of trauma. The search for Caylee lasted several months and involved hundreds of volunteers. Then it took a couple years for the trial to start. Reopening wounds and creating frustration at the outcome.

A simple memorial to Caylee seems appropriate. Only because of what her death means to that community.

Memorials aren’t needed for every death. Most cases don’t receive so much intense coverage.

So put up a bronze statue of her in a local park.

[VinylTurnip]

@Peremensoe

Roadside memorials to vehicular deaths do have public-safety value in some cases; it is the most effective warning sign I’ve seen for ‘dangerous’ curves and intersections.

I consider them more of a distraction that could potentially lead to some unfortunate irony.

[joyfool]

Call me insensitive, but does anyone else think that looks like a unicorn ate a rainbow and then farted it out? Jeesh. Whatever happened to tasteful and understated for a memorial?

[leftfield6]

@VinylTurnip

I consider them more of a distraction that could potentially lead to some unfortunate irony.

This. So much this. On a particular curvy road in NC, a local guy put up crosses at the site of every fatality. And because the road is popular with motorcyclists, there are a fir number of sites. Every time I come around a curve and see one, there is a slight moment of distraction, followed by a few seconds of “those f’ing things are a hazard”, going through my mind.

[leftfield6]

@faithfool

Call me insensitive, but does anyone else think that looks like a unicorn ate a rainbow and then farted it out? Jeesh. Whatever happened to tasteful and understated for a memorial?

Well, it’s Florida, so there you go.

[Orionizer]

@leftfield6

This. So much this. On a particular curvy road in NC, a local guy put up crosses at the site of every fatality. And because the road is popular with motorcyclists, there are a fir number of sites. Every time I come around a curve and see one, there is a slight moment of distraction, followed by a few seconds of “those f’ing things are a hazard”, going through my mind.

Highway 129?