When someone gets killed...

[johnnydawg68]

...have you ever noticed that when someone gets killed, the responses are always the same...

"He was everyone's best friend"

"She had a smile for everyone"

"If I had a son, I'd want him to be just like____"

"She had such promise"

No one ever says "I'm sorry he died, but honestly he was a bit of a bellend and lazy as [Poor language removed] too"

Apparently it's true. Only the good die young.

 

[Kurt.]

I would guess it's just an empathic human response to another persons passing.

 

[Kurt.]

Sorry JD.... i'm giggling here to myself.... I can't even do serious properly ffs

 

[roydo]

...have you ever noticed that when someone gets killed, the responses are always the same...

"He was everyone's best friend"

"She had a smile for everyone"

"If I had a son, I'd want him to be just like____"

"She had such promise"

No one ever says "I'm sorry he died, but honestly he was a bit of a bellend and lazy as [Poor language removed] too"

Apparently it's true. Only the good die young.

Them quotes from the NY Times when Bin Laden copped it?

Kurt is right though.

 

[roydo]

But so are you JDawg. Thought about it myself a few times TBH.

 

[tommye]

...have you ever noticed that when someone gets killed, the responses are always the same...

"He was everyone's best friend"

"She had a smile for everyone"

"If I had a son, I'd want him to be just like____"

"She had such promise"

No one ever says "I'm sorry he died, but honestly he was a bit of a bellend and lazy as [Poor language removed] too"

Apparently it's true. Only the good die young.

when Margaret Thatcher died, i came straight out and said she was a cnut. No messing about or pretence. Cnut. End of.

 

[riddick]

De mortuis nil nisi bene dicendum. "of the dead, nothing spoken unless good"

goes back thousands of years, gotta be more of a reflection to look for the good in the darkest of places.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

And of course the ever twee "thoughts and prayers are with..."

 

[bluejock]

when Margaret Thatcher died, i came straight out and said she was a cnut. No messing about or pretence. Cnut. End of.

Oh God, bye Tommy x

 

[roydo]

De mortuis nil nisi bene dicendum. "of the dead, nothing spoken unless good"

goes back thousands of years, gotta be more of a reflection to look for the good in the darkest of places.

Nailed it. Well done mate.

 

[EFCNIK]

Lad that we reckon robbed my house died. He was a scumbag and everyone was saying what a lovely young chap he was. He was a horrible **** and I for one am glad there's one less in the world.

 

[RFUS]

Was thinking this the other day.

If you live as a prat, then when you pop your clogs, you're still a prat as far as I'm concerned.

 

[steken1]

Don't speak Ill of the dead is well engrained in western psyche IMO.

The other thing is when somebosy dies people think more and deeper about that person and see things they'd never taken time to notice before.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

The old saying 'if you can't think of anything nice to say, don't say anything' generally comes into play when a total cock pops their clogs

 

[The T-Dex]

Funnily enough Victorian era and pre. Those who were bad in life usually had a skull on their grave. If known bad people that is.