Have a look at the video above. If there’s someone in the room who should rock the boat and be hated for it, then it must be me. There’s so much that is wrong in that video.

The man died at 98. It’s not as if he was in the prime of life. He lived a good, fulfilling life, rose to the highest position in the land, and then died peacefully in his sleep. So why the continual zooming on the crucifix and the dying Christ? I mean it’s a death. Sad for his immediate family, certainly, but not a tragedy.

The Archbishop certainly didn’t help with his glum face, trying to squeeze out a tear or two. (is he getting fatter and squarer, or what?) This should have been a the occasion for a dignified salute, not a “wied ta’ dmugh” exercise. And the way his speech drags on and on, never rising above 5 rpm. Man up, look God and the audience square in the eye, and speak at normal speed.

And so I come to the last and most irritating point of all: the flag draping the coffin. IT’S FOUR SIZES TOO SMALL! It happened with all previous state funerals. Agatha Barbara’s was worst. For heaven’s sake, the flag should be large enough to be draped over the whole coffin and cover all of it, including the ends. That flag is too small. It looks ridiculous. Someone needs to put the RSM himself on a fizzer.