this has come up a few times recently, but most specifically with Jackson's death. How much "respect" do we owe to the dead?
For instance there was a former NT minster who died a couple of years ago. Now there is no dought that he gave alot to the territory BUT police we in the proccess of charging him with a series of rapes when he died. The goverment HAD planned to give him a state funeral but canceled it after complaints from the victoms. Then there is the jackson issue, an alleged peadophile and yet now that hes dead anyone who points that out is critized.
I mean when osama dies are we all going to be expected to say "what a great man, did alot for the community" ect ect.
So what, the persons dead, that doesnt errase the pain they caused to other people and this "just cellebrate what they did right" has the potentual to actually INCREASE there pain as they watch someone who hurt them showered with honors from the public (and goverments, public figures ect)
For instance there was a former NT minster who died a couple of years ago. Now there is no dought that he gave alot to the territory BUT police we in the proccess of charging him with a series of rapes when he died. The goverment HAD planned to give him a state funeral but canceled it after complaints from the victoms. Then there is the jackson issue, an alleged peadophile and yet now that hes dead anyone who points that out is critized.
I mean when osama dies are we all going to be expected to say "what a great man, did alot for the community" ect ect.
So what, the persons dead, that doesnt errase the pain they caused to other people and this "just cellebrate what they did right" has the potentual to actually INCREASE there pain as they watch someone who hurt them showered with honors from the public (and goverments, public figures ect)