Dead People Options

[fameONE]

I'm going to pose a scenario...

This guy lived his life as a loathesome prick; a complete and total ***hole. He dies young in a car accident.

Why do people, all of sudden, talk about how nice, amazing and friendly he was after he died? Dying doesn't make you a better person.

[Herizon Action]

Because of the essential Christian ethics in this country's society, I believe it's pretty much expected for people to sympathize with the deceased. If you look at the individual as one whose primary intents are a means of self reflection, well-being etc, and the ageless virtue "treating others as you would like to be treated", which has been ingrained in me since I was a wee little boy (even in public school when the teachers would lecture to us about social virtues, which have inherently come from Christian teachings), then I think it would be expected. It's not necessarily that death forces people to suddenly become more optimistic, but rather they are really just looking after themselves. They see death and are reminded of how absolute this one thing is. They realize how precious their own lives are.

But not everyone's like this.

I think that decent people really do see the light in even the most grotesque of men.