Be exemplary, or be silent.
It seems like every second "RIP" thread we have some brain-dead lunk-head on a self-appointed mission to speak his "mind" no matter what and where who has to chime in about how the deceased wasn't all that everyone else has him cracked up to be. Didn't share the political outlook of the deceased? Now's his chance to say-so, apparently. Don't like some skeleton from the closet of the deceased's personal life? Apparently that gives him the right to cast aspersions on his character.
No.
That ain't what the thread is for.
Look, if you want to go to a guy's funeral and be respectful and all that, then fill your boots. If you don't feel like being respectful ... you stay home. You go to the movies. You go anywhere other than the funeral.
These "RIP" threads are, for our community of gentlemen, the online equivalent of a funeral service. If you want to pay your respects to the deceased, you post. If you have a few poignant words regarding the deceased, you post. Otherwise, you don't post.
Oh, and for those of you (thankfully, very few of you) who think it's okay to post something along the line of "they say if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all ... so I won't say anything more here" ... guess what, Sparky ... you just screwed up.
It seems like every second "RIP" thread we have some brain-dead lunk-head on a self-appointed mission to speak his "mind" no matter what and where who has to chime in about how the deceased wasn't all that everyone else has him cracked up to be. Didn't share the political outlook of the deceased? Now's his chance to say-so, apparently. Don't like some skeleton from the closet of the deceased's personal life? Apparently that gives him the right to cast aspersions on his character.
No.
That ain't what the thread is for.
Look, if you want to go to a guy's funeral and be respectful and all that, then fill your boots. If you don't feel like being respectful ... you stay home. You go to the movies. You go anywhere other than the funeral.
These "RIP" threads are, for our community of gentlemen, the online equivalent of a funeral service. If you want to pay your respects to the deceased, you post. If you have a few poignant words regarding the deceased, you post. Otherwise, you don't post.
Oh, and for those of you (thankfully, very few of you) who think it's okay to post something along the line of "they say if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all ... so I won't say anything more here" ... guess what, Sparky ... you just screwed up.