How evil does one have to be?

[mudesi]

How evil does one have to be until it becomes acceptable to post "Gee, glad he's dead" on an Internet message board? Would Hitler or Stalin qualify? Does it require the mass murder of millions of people? Or is thousands enough? What about someone who kills just one? When John Couey dies, will it be OK for me to say "good riddance", regardless of the fact that I'm against the death penalty? You know, just for the sake of an emotional release of sorts?

Would it be OK to post factual information about the recently deceased? Information such as "Hitler killed 6 million Jews", or "Stalin killed 20 million Russians" or "Couey raped and buried a little girl alive"? Would it furthermore be OK to then follow those facts with an opinion such as "Therefore, I'm glad he's dead"?

Would it be OK to say "Jerry Falwell spread hate speech that lead to the death of Matthew Shepard", or "Jerry Falwell's evangelizing gave Eric Rudolph justification to bomb abortion clinics"? Or am I crossing some kind of line?

Just wondering.

I understand that these sentiments are emotional in nature, but we're not robots. It would be unnatural to not have these sentiments unless you actually agree and sympathize with Falwell's hate speech. (In that case you belong at freerepublic.com.) Perhaps we should have self discipline and not express them, but then what would be the point of anything here?

[Avalux]

1. Me - I don't wish death on anyone.

My philosophy is that everyone gets their just desserts in the end. The live people chose to lead are their own, and eventually they answer for their choices.

[Rick Myers]

2. Falwell was a hateful excuse for a man, and NOT a real Christian!

He died. We comment. You decide.

He sought the spotlight, and he goes out in the spotlight.

I always despised the man, and I will not mourn.

Falwell enabled BLIND IGNORANCE and a Belief in Bush!!!

Them Old Testament Preachers are droppin' like flies...

Crazy old man...

[Breeze54]

3. Good post, lynyrd_skynyrd!! [Jesus also commented! ;-) ]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Jamastiene]

4. I have been reading your posts a lot lately.

More and more, I am noticing that you have some very informative and enlightened opinions. Welcome to my buddy list. :hi:

[KG]

5. the nannies could at least wear some frilly and revealing

[conscious evolution]

6. When the deaths and human misery

one causes can be measured as statistics you earn the scorn you reap.


One death is a tragedy.A million deaths are a statistic. J.Stalin said that.