I hear you, Photobloggers. It's probably time for something a little lighter. There's something kind of crass about how trade shows reduce serious things like funerals to the commerce engine it is. I wonder why it matters if the inside of the coffin is comfortable.

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A visitor to the Asia Funeral Expo tries out a casket in Hong Kong, May 13, 2009. The trade fair is Asia's largest bereavement industry gathering. Over 2,000 funeral home, cemetery and crematorium operators, as well as traders, suppliers, and buyers from the industry are gathered for the expo.