[higgmeister]

I think that would depend on who is responsible for the litter left over after mowing. If it is just left there or if the plot owner is responsible, then perhaps the father/reverend has a point. I doubt the cemetery itself would hold itself responsible for cleaning up messes from unsuitable items being left on the gravesite on mowing day.

In this case, the cemetery had grave markers flush with the ground so that the mowers could just drive over them like any other lawn.   The cemetery workers would have had to remove all of the flowers from the flower pots embedded in the grave markers before mowing was done.   The workers cemetery would also have had to pick up "Winchester's" box planter at the same time with no problem.

The dark hearted Preacher without doubt only wanted vengeance against Winchester for causing the alienation of his daughter.   A small petty man with a chip on his shoulder.

You will respect my authoritah!

[caseinpoint]

I don’t believe I have enough information to exonerate or condemn either side of this argument. Hagen could very well be a love-smitten, heartbroken fiance who just want to honor his beloved and the father won’t allow it because he, as you seem to believe, can’t handle the thought that his daughter defied his authority and now is vindictive enough to torture Hagen just for loving his daughter. On the other hand, Hagen could just as likely have been what the father perceived as trouble for his daughter in an unhealthy relationship. Dad might have seen a controlling, stalking guy his daughter was blind to in her romantic fantasies, a man who encouraged his fiance to defy her father and not listen to sound advice and now Fagen uses his grief to get in Dad’s face and prove the girl loved him more. Or the story could be a variation of those possibilities with both wrong and/or both right. Which is it? I don’t know and that’s why I refuse to judge either party based on what I know from this article.