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Originally Posted by DDDDave
I guess this being the interweb and all, it is fashionable to say things like 'ding, dong the wicked witch is dead'. But really, what did this man do to you? Say a few things you didn't agree with? So what? I personally respect anyone that can make you think critically about yourself and your own beliefs. There are plenty of a**holes out there who say stupid stuff everyday. Do you honestly wish they were dead?
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Nothing and I don't.
But...there is a VERY big difference between wishing someone dead and thinking that the world is a better place without them in it. I don't wish anyone dead, but there are a lot of people whose opinions and thoughts I'd just as well rather not hear and not have influence on things that affect MY life, country and choices.
I don't advocate killing these people, because then we end up on that happy path to "Well who decides who gets to talk and who gets to die" which is silliness. But I'm not going to mourn the passing of and wish well someone who I feel negatively impacted the world I have to live in. I didn't like him yesterday when he wasn't dead. I don't feel any compulsion to suddenly forgive him for what I think are his wrongs simply because he's dead now.
The fact that you can, I suppose, makes you a "better" person than me, but being a "good" person isn't really something I care a great deal about. I'd rather be in a world filled with average people who don't feel like they have to impose their belief systems on everyone else than in a world of "great" people who do.
I say live and let live. He said everyone should do it my way. That's just enough for me to extend my middle finger in his direction and not much else. Unless these posts count, but I guess they're just written middle fingers anyway.
In the words of Bad Religion:
"Hey brother christian with your high and mighty errand,
Your actions speak so loud, I cant hear a word youre saying."