Death is a part of life. Not everyone is lucky enough not to suffer before they go. Tradition is a big part of life as it is in death. War, religion, nature, stupidity, it all ties together. A death is a death is a death. Humans are wasteful parisites of the planet that find fun in multiple forms of torture. Thats why I am proud to be Martian.
The circle of life isnt a circle, its more like a conveyor belt that replaces the old with the new until the machine breaks.. then you go extinct.