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Don't care for people hitting each other, even if it is consensual HOWEVER - he overcame amazing odds for growing up in a heavily racist, segregated country an
by ck2 10y ago
Don't care for people hitting each other, even if it is consensual
HOWEVER - he overcame amazing odds for growing up in a heavily racist, segregated country and I have massive respect for him giving up his career while refusing to serve in the Vietnam War and kill others simply at the order of the government.
So why do we always wait for people to die to honor them - why not do it when they can appreciate it?
- gus_massa 10y agoThere are a lot of small honor ceremonies, for example he lighted the olympic torch in Atlanta 1996. The problem is that is difficult to coordinate that all the major newspaper put an article about him in the front page. (Perhaps for some anniversary, like the x0th anniversary of the word championship? And what happens if he lives 10 more years?) Also, there is some social norms that prevent criticism at the obituaries so they are more hagiographic than usual articles.