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Ding! Dong! The bitch is dead!

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Ding! Dong! The bitch is dead!
BrokenQuill92 Offline
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Ding! Dong! The bitch is dead!
April 15, 2014 at 2:21 am
Is it ever okay to celebrate the death of someone else?


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RE: Ding! Dong! The bitch is dead!
April 15, 2014 at 2:26 am
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RE: Ding! Dong! The bitch is dead!
April 15, 2014 at 2:32 am
Not philosophy.
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RE: Ding! Dong! The bitch is dead!
April 15, 2014 at 5:58 am (This post was last modified: April 15, 2014 at 6:04 am by Cato.)
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RE: Ding! Dong! The bitch is dead!
April 15, 2014 at 6:29 am
Death is part of life, and I see no problem with celebrating when horrible people die. Good riddance! Tongue
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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RE: Ding! Dong! The bitch is dead!
April 15, 2014 at 10:31 am
(April 15, 2014 at 2:21 am)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Is it ever okay to celebrate the death of someone else?

Sure.

In fact, it is the entire grieving part I never honestly understood. If most people genuinely believe that their departed loved ones are in a better place, then it would stand to reason to celebrate the transition rather than the earthly loss.
"What a little moonlight can do." ~ Billie Holiday
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RE: Ding! Dong! The bitch is dead!
April 15, 2014 at 11:40 am (This post was last modified: April 15, 2014 at 11:52 am by Coffee Jesus.)
Utilitarian:
Celebrating the deaths of people who knowlingly did horrible things could discourage behaviors like theirs. Good.

Virtue ethics:
Celebrating a death for its own sake reflects the attitude that some people should die just because they were bad. Ambiguous, further inquiry
This attitude that you should die if you do these things may discourage (good), but some people may act upon this attitude (ambiguous). Would that action be okay?
From a utilitarian standpoint, it would be bad to take the criminal's life if his life is still enjoyable (bad), but it would be good to discourage his crimes (good). Whether punishing the criminal would be good depends on the extent of the crimes and the effectiveness of the warning. still ambiguous after inquiry

Temporary Conclusion: It is generally good to celebrate the deaths of people who do horrible things.
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RE: Ding! Dong! The bitch is dead!
April 15, 2014 at 11:51 am
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
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RE: Ding! Dong! The bitch is dead!
April 15, 2014 at 6:51 pm
(April 15, 2014 at 10:31 am)Kitanetos Wrote:
(April 15, 2014 at 2:21 am)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Is it ever okay to celebrate the death of someone else?

Sure.

In fact, it is the entire grieving part I never honestly understood. If most people genuinely believe that their departed loved ones are in a better place, then it would stand to reason to celebrate the transition rather than the earthly loss.

You don't grieve for the people. You grieve for the broken world view you have in which some temporary things feel permanent, and you now must reorganize that whole view. Cognitive dissonance + love = tears.
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RE: Ding! Dong! The bitch is dead!
April 15, 2014 at 6:58 pm
Ok,you lot realize that no one has died, right?

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