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Generally, when people die, those that knew them refrain from speaking about their negative attributes. Perhaps this taboo stems from 'respecting the dead' or those that are no longer here to defend themselves?
Many will readily criticise people when they are alive to the point of a personal attack, yet people seem to fear the backlash of speaking ill of the unfortunate dead. Sometimes, when people die, they are forgiven much of their past or they gain a degree of sympathy that they never had while alive. However, I've had enough sympathy and forgiveness in this life - I would prefer a dignified death, free of patronism.
I don't like others jumping on a bandwagon the minute someone has passed to decry their life if they never spoke ill of them when they were alive - it seems rather two faced to me. But, I don't want people to remember my shiny, glossy side. I want to be remembered as the grumpy, sly bastard I am. Somebody who made mistakes they need not have made. A warning to all to grasp every minute of life. Anything else would be half-hearted.
I don't expect to be forgotten for a long time. Everytime it rains, their cars break down, or they have boils on their arses, they will remember me!
That being said, I have met a few goals that I wanted to achieve. I expect a forest of trees to be planted on my behalf.
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