Would you take a photograph of someone dead, in their open casket, at their funeral?

Would you take a photograph of someone dead, in their open casket, at their funeral?
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No caskets in my family. Just an urn. Open caskets are uncomfortable for me, too. I guess I don’t get the point, since the person is dead.
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