ST Alpha - "Personally, I think people have the rest of time to weigh someone's legacy. A couple of days or a week after someone's passing doesn't make much" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 176

In response to "While this is true, I don't really agree with ignoring the bad stuff when leaders die. But these people are doing the same thing" by ty97

Personally, I think people have the rest of time to weigh someone's legacy. A couple of days or a week after someone's passing doesn't make much

Posted by Roger More (aka rogermore) Dec 6 '13, 12:50

difference. YMMV of course - and obviously I'm not talking about repressive dictators or people who promoted violence their whole lives.

Responses:

Taking to full (and admittedly silly example) conclusion, this would mean the headline "Respected Amateur Painter Adolf Hitler Mourned After Suicide" - ty97 Dec 6, 12:56 2
- I'll leave that part to professional obituarists. But when a politician I disagree with dies, I won't say "good" or "serves him right for what he did" - Roger More Dec 6, 13:15
- although that's a fantastic Onion esque headline. -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 12:59

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.