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 Jun 25 2009, 10:42 AM
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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. |
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Jun 27 2009, 02:34 PM
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 I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
^ yeah for me ethics of reciprocity would not apply in this situation, but i guess maybe it would for those who somehow think they have some life after death and will know what people say about them in return. i couldn't care less what people say about me when i'm dead because i won't know anyway so i have no self interest in this at all.
i don't go out of my way to praise someone who dies that wasn't that great of a person to me. but i wouldn't waste much of my time talking about how undeserving of it they were though because i don't see the point in that either. they are dead. who cares about being brutally honest about a person after they are dead really and can't defend themselves anyway. i mean what does anyone really want to gain by pointing out how shitty the person is? why do they feel they need to do this after the person is dead? does it make them somehow feel better? i probably understand this less than i understand those who are overly optimistic about it. |
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WarMachine Dead People Jun 25 2009, 10:42 AM
serotonin idk he was a nice guy and apparently should have a... Jun 25 2009, 10:45 AM WarMachine So am I the prick for not caring? Jun 25 2009, 10:47 AM hypnotique I guess one could sit there and try to say they we... Jun 25 2009, 10:54 AM kryogenix If someone I detested died, I wouldn't show up... Jun 25 2009, 10:57 AM
WarMachine QUOTE(kryogenix @ Jun 25 2009, 11:57 AM) ... Jun 25 2009, 11:08 AM doughnut i dont understand that either. but i guess its jus... Jun 25 2009, 11:27 AM interpretation Everyone is glorified when they die. Jun 25 2009, 06:01 PM ohshieza QUOTE(interpretation @ Jun 26 2009, 07:01... Jun 25 2009, 06:28 PM WarMachine QUOTE(ohshieza @ Jun 25 2009, 07:28 PM) T... Jun 26 2009, 06:18 PM ohshieza QUOTE(WarMachine @ Jun 27 2009, 07:18 AM)... Jun 26 2009, 08:13 PM Gigi Yeah I get what you mean. There was a guy who went... Jun 25 2009, 06:32 PM jcp Death isn't a big deal to me. It's just li... Jun 25 2009, 06:59 PM karmakiller I think if someone who I didn't get along with... Jun 26 2009, 06:36 PM WarMachine QUOTE(karmakiller @ Jun 26 2009, 07:36 PM... Jun 26 2009, 08:00 PM Buttsex Dying made me a better person. Jun 26 2009, 08:04 PM ley I had a friend that died and saw people that he di... Jun 26 2009, 10:07 PM Awlen from what i've seen, death spotlights the trai... Jun 27 2009, 01:49 PM Herizon Action Because of the essential Christian ethics in this ... Jun 27 2009, 02:22 PM Herizon Action I think it gives people more of a sense of self-ju... Jun 27 2009, 02:37 PM illriginal QUOTE(WarMachine @ Jun 25 2009, 11:42 AM)... Jun 27 2009, 04:20 PM kryogenix QUOTE(illriginal @ Jun 27 2009, 05:20 PM)... Jun 27 2009, 04:25 PM Herizon Action QUOTE(kryogenix @ Jun 27 2009, 04:25 PM) ... Jun 27 2009, 05:33 PM Sandraaa QUOTE(kryogenix @ Jun 27 2009, 11:25 PM) ... Jun 30 2009, 05:05 AM |
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