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De mortuis nil nisi bene.
by boshomi 7y ago
De mortuis nil nisi bene.
- arbitrage 7y agoYeah, no. That's way too easy of an out. He did bad things. His reputation continues to influence commerce to this day. He doesn't get a free pass on the harm he caused simply because he's checked out.
- boshomi 7y agoIt means, the dead person can not defend, so critic should be fair.
- defterGoose 7y agoOr, as he might have said, "Free Country".
- Ygg2 7y agoYeah, but was he an evil person or a product of a flawed system? It seems to me there would always be a Jack Welch, albeit one of a different name.