@markarayner it’s more restrictive than anything, though.
“Tradition” means a lot of things to a lot of people, including cultural, religious, moral, and linguistic identity and transmission.
Unique traditions is part of what defines groups of people. And usually, traditions are shared by the community who have more diverse and complex motivations than feeling guilt from dead people, even when they don’t, it’s not up to you to tell them that’s wrong.