While the Nation Mourned, Their Trip Continued

Washington Post
While the subject of this story is reasonably relevant, the tone of it is unnecessarily snarky.

The fixation we have on mandatory mourning in this country is exceptionally stupid, and the idea that anyone other than a family member or other close associate needs to cancel a trip involving this amount of planning and coordination by government employees, and also involving this amount of interaction with foreign governments, is ludicrous. If a sitting President dies, that's one thing. The man was 93 years old, for goodness sakes.

I have great respect for President Ford and also mourn his passing, but only in the passive sense.
There is nothing in the world to be gained by me or anyone else changing even a whit of daily routine in observance of it - and the fact that it was turned into a federal holiday is equally ludicrous. If you have a problem with junkets in general, then write about every one that happens and make sure to include the costs as well. But to imply that this one is worse because they didn't instead take a funeral junket is hypocritical and annoying.