My comment on celebrity passings...

[Lerkfish]

They had a job that paid them well. They received the high regard and adulation of complete strangers, which at times was good and at times was intrusive on their personal lives. Like all human beings, they eventually pass. Many of them have families and friends to mourn their passing, and in a larger sense, a complete group of fans who never met them, who nonetheless felt connected to them.

I think 24 hours is an appropriate amount of time to give the fans to mourn unmolested, After that, though, the topic is open to discuss any parts of their lives/celebrity that seems a worthwhile topic, positive or negative, without being accused of dancing on their graves, UNLESS you're related to that celebrity.

IMHO

[pkdu]

1. I pretty much agree with all thset (seriously) but

on a lighter note...would you change that one word up there ? or was it intended?

Cheers
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[Lerkfish]

7. unintended

but nonetheless freudian slip, I suppose.

[sandnsea]

2. That assumes everyone knows within 24 hours

It also assumes everyone reacts to bad news in the same time frame.

If you didn't need to trash somebody three days ago, what in the hell is the purpose of doing it when they die?

Shut Up and let people mourn. What is so hard about that?

[bettyellen]

4. why can;t they just post your own thoughts about the dead instead of chasing down hurting people

[Lerkfish]

6. I think its the 'shut up" part that bothers me

but, as I said, IMHO.

and you're reversing the problem: I, in fact, might have trashed a person three days ago, but now that they're gone, you're telling me I no longer can....kinda the reverse of what you said.

[sandnsea]

10. There were Michael Jackson posts three days ago?

Show me one and you can have your point. Otherwise, use your manners and leave people be. Is that how your mother said it?

[Lerkfish]

11. let me requote your own words back to you

you said "If you didn't need to trash somebody three days ago,"

That's different from saying I saw posts trashing him three days ago. You were saying if there was a NEED to trash somebody.

In my mind, I have ALWAYS considered him a pedophile, as I do Woody Allen, and I don't think their talents ameliorate that. And further, I don't think the mere technicality of whether they are still breathing or not makes it suddenly ok to be a pedophile.

So, three days ago, If asked, I would have been right up front to tell you I thought he was a pedophile.

There is no valid reason for a (at that time) 37 year old single male to sleep in a bed with young boys in their underwear.

Or do you think its mannerly to enable child abuse?

[sandnsea]

12. And when Woody Allen dies

I will say the same thing. If people don't feel the need to trash him every time he makes a movie or appears on television, then why on earth the need to trash him when he's dead? It says more about the person doing the trashing than the one being trashed.

[Lerkfish]

13. and I don't think there is a moral equivalence between pedophilia and complaining about pedophilia

[bettyellen]

3. so your in favor of molesting after 24 hours?

i couldn't resist. i think it;s okay to express what you think about the dead person pretty much right away , unless you are pulling a fred phelps and disrupting the greivers. you can try stepping back and letting people feel what they feel instead of imposing your own thoughts.
but that what is going on here. but it's just a variation of the i don;t like the topic you're posting on/ your opinion + want to shut you up and force you to talk about my pet subject/ my opinion crap... that goes on here all the frigging time.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. Stop making sense -

it upsets the imbalance, and scares the dog.

(Excellent post, by the way, and the wordplay is impressive..............)

[saltpoint]

8. Yes. After 24-hours, I think it's appropriate to call in air strikes and

just take people out.

The Adulation Allocation Limit Zone must not be breached.

[Lerkfish]

9. LOL! ok, that was edgy but still made me laugh.