People are making the technical argument about it not really being them, and I think that's important. But more important to me is the moral one: it is wrong to

People are making the technical argument about it not really being them, and I think that's important. But more important to me is the moral one: it is wrong to put the words of the living in the mouths of the dead. We should not distance ourselves from the reality of death, or construct for ourselves any illusions about its finality or completeness. The dead are dead, we cannot change that, we should not even try. And so it will be for us, and any true engagement with life is in contrast to that inevitable truth.