Originally Posted by
nasa
honestly it all matters on what they were, it should be neutral if they never did good nor bad
hitlers a terrible person
mlk was great
all depends
agreed.
Originally Posted by
yuki
Yes. One's life defines whether they should be looked up to or not. If they had a good ending or a bad one — i mean how they passed away.
There is no reasoning behind why an individual at "rest" deserves higher respect. They are not dead!
This is a positive approach to thinking about life, I like it.
Originally Posted by
Leandoer
The dead deserve the same amount of respect they had when they were alive.
I feel the exact same way.
Originally Posted by
Ele
Almost right.
It does depend on their actions, like you say. Truly horrible people ougn't get a bump in respect when they die. For everyone else though, there's a post-death honeymoon period where one ought to speak of the dead with a nicer tone.
Why? I think it's a common decency thing. These non-horrible people likely have friends and relatives that are saddened by their actions. So while they're still sad, we should be tactful with our comments.
The whole 'too soon' does wear off eventually. Once the post-death honeymoon period is over, just like any regular marriage you'll find that the love and respect eventually drains away and your true feelings about the person come to light, the fucking slut. And it's OK to vocalize those thoughts.
The post death honeymoon period makes a lot of sense, after this period elapses, people do go back to usual talk. Mmm, I'm indicating to cases where someone may be questionable, mildly even but questionable during their lifetime, however people get overly sensitive about calling them out :/