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Why is it necessary to respect someone who is dead? They are dead, after all. Seems like we should probably respect people a little more when they are alive and a little less when they are dead.



In the immediate period following someone’s death, is it too much to ask not to engage in or support rumor-mongering around the cause, for the sake of the family who is likely under tremendous stress and should not have to deal with the added stress of seeing such rumors?

It hurts no one to wait some months to reveal details of a person’s death; at that time, outsiders can contemplate that info. Have some empathy.


When we talk about respecting the dead, what we really mean is respecting the people who are grieving.


It’s about respecting people who have lost someone they care about. Have some fucking humanity...


How about just tell the truth. Who cares if he liked drugs? Ill tell you why he died. All you motherfuckers who tried to control him, just pushed him away from the people who actually cared about him and not what they could get from him. Anyone reading this who knows what's up should have just shut the fuck up and supported him instead of trying to run his life. Just my OPINION


Amen to that. Tony sure sounded like he knew how to enjoy life.




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