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Regrets,
Bekeart
Nashville speaks well of the dead
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Unfortunately, it seems this forum does not.
Regrets,
Bekeart
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"I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you,
It's what you leave behind you when you go."
~ Randy Travis
It's what you leave behind you when you go."
~ Randy Travis
Two recent closed threads are a testament.
LVSteve
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People tend to speak as they find these days. That doesn't fit well with the tradition of not speaking ill of the dead. Which is correct I'm not qualified to say.
Like with the living, there are good and bad. Decisions you make while you're alive, will dictate what people say about you after you pass. In the instant case, folks will be saying the same things after death as they were before. Death doesn't change history.
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A rather oblique thread.
A public figure gets public scrutiny. Just because a person dies doesn't mean his true character gets whitewashed.
For example:
There were two evil brothers. They were rich, and used their money to keep their ways from the public eye. They even attended the same church, and looked to be perfect Christians. Their preacher could he see right through them.
One of the brothers died. The remaining brother sought out the new preacher before the funeral and handed him a check for the amount needed to finish paying for the new building program the church had undertaken. "I have only one condition," he said. "At his funeral, you must say my brother was a saint." The preacher gave his word, and took the money.
The next day, at the funeral, the preacher said, "This was an evil man. "He lied and cheated and did every bad thing imaginable. But compared to his brother, he was a saint."
A public figure gets public scrutiny. Just because a person dies doesn't mean his true character gets whitewashed.
For example:
There were two evil brothers. They were rich, and used their money to keep their ways from the public eye. They even attended the same church, and looked to be perfect Christians. Their preacher could he see right through them.
One of the brothers died. The remaining brother sought out the new preacher before the funeral and handed him a check for the amount needed to finish paying for the new building program the church had undertaken. "I have only one condition," he said. "At his funeral, you must say my brother was a saint." The preacher gave his word, and took the money.
The next day, at the funeral, the preacher said, "This was an evil man. "He lied and cheated and did every bad thing imaginable. But compared to his brother, he was a saint."
As soon as I read the first sentence, I was instantly reminded of one of my most fav-o-rite country singers...Bobby Bare. Yeah, I have the album (and quite a few others by him). 
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[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4od992sJxg[/ame]
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DWalt
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A statement attributed variously to either Mark Twain or Clarence Darrow. "I have never spoken ill of the dead. But I have read obituaries with great delight." Or words to that effect. Then there is Bette Davis' famous comment. "One should speak only good of the dead. Joan Crawford is dead. Good."
