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I understand that it may offer some comfort to the grieving, but seems to me, to say one has “gone home” cheapens death. Death—as far as we can tell—is final. People do not go frolic in a happy place, thrilled to be “home” at last. Nor do they suffer unimaginable torment in a hell hole. Death, as an integral part of life, should be seen for what it is, clearly and if not unflinchingly, at least honestly.