Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "I NOTICED SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT THE COMMENTS RELATED TO THE DEATH OF JIMMY CARTER BUT APPLICABLE TO A LOT OF SITUATIONS.
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It seems that people try hard to avoid two things: Speaking ill of the dead, and saying that someone has died.
Rather than say “he died”. You hear all sorts of euphemisms. “He passed”, seems to be common today.
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Rather than say “he died”. You hear all sorts of euphemisms. “He passed”, seems to be common today.
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But this avoidance of saying “died” is interesting as if we are denying death.
And, then the old saying about not speaking ill of the dead is interesting in itself. Sure, it is maybe unfair to say something negative about a person who can no longer defend himself.
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And, then the old saying about not speaking ill of the dead is interesting in itself. Sure, it is maybe unfair to say something negative about a person who can no longer defend himself.
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That makes sense.
But it is almost as if people do not want to offend the dead who might come back in some form for vengence. Fear of spirits of ghosts?
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But it is almost as if people do not want to offend the dead who might come back in some form for vengence. Fear of spirits of ghosts?
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Keep in mind though, when it is a public person, like Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan, to praise the good and to ignore the bad, does a disservice.
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It is creating a fraudulent history that then teaches the wrong or distorted lessons. Only an accurate history can be taken for learning for the future."
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