We had this conversation when some feminists passed, and I believe there was a spirited defense of the right to say shitty things about people right after their death. I assumed the same habits tolerated in the past would be now and especially to someone who, in my reading of responses to him on this list, was that he was seen as a vile character for his stance on the war, etc.
Now that I know that there are special rules for Hitch - sometimes it's like that, only his friends can shit on him! - my deepest apologies. Please, friends of Hitch, post when the grss is grown!
<> I've always had the opinion (not an intellectual opinion, but a strong <> emotional conviction) that at the very least if you were going to piss <> on someones grave you should at least wait until the grass is green on <> it. That mostly the recently dead get a partial pass , if for no other <> reason, the feelings of their survivors. There are exceptions. I don't <> hold this opinion absolutely. But (again in my opinion, not backed by <> any reasoning) the exceptions should be really rare. <> <> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> <> wrote: <>> <>> On Dec 16, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: <>> <>>> At 11:38 AM 12/16/2011, // ravi wrote: <>>> <>>>> Surely it is not that you think the rest of the world should <>>>> celebrate or tolerate Hitchens because he was sweet to you? <>>> <>>> He was a friend of some people here and they deserve our <>>> condolences. <>> <>> Aside from taking some personal offense at the hostility, it's also <>> rather one-dimensional. The guy was complicated. He did many good <>> things in his life, and many awful ones too. His death is a good <>> occasion for reflecting on human complexity. His grave isn't one <>> that should be pissed on. <>> <>> Doug <>> ___________________________________ <>> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk <> <> <> <> -- <> Facebook: Gar Lipow Twitter: GarLipow <> Grist Blog: http://www.grist.org/member/1598 <> Static page: http://www.nohairshirts.com <> <> ___________________________________ <> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk <>
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