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Image After Death

Posted by: cracker with cheese
Aug 26, 2009 caption contest, celebrities, crime, government, old people, politics, pop culture

In May 2008, Edward Kennedy suffered a seizure, and days later was diagnosed with a brain tumor.  Following surgery, Ted would come to two more seizures, including one at Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration.  Late last night Ted Kennedy passed away at the age of 77.

While his death marks the end of the Kennedy brothers, seeing some of the reactions made online feels odd to me.  Take these Facebook status and Twitter updates:

Open Northeastern is “the office that provides expanded programming around alcohol and drug education as a part of Student Affairs.”  Their website states, “OPEN provides supportive, confidential, and non-judgmental services; we encourage students to make informed decisions about alcohol and other drug use and strive to reduce harm that can be associated with substance abuse such as poor academic performance, violence, health implications, high-risk sexual behavior, and addiction.”

To me this would be like Child Welfare saying “Michael Jackson was a great man, and his music helped him touch the children of the world.”  It looks like when you die you are now only remembered for your good.  Who cares if when you were 37 you crashed your car over a bridge, leaving a 28 year old girl to die, and you didn’t contact the police until after her body is found the next day.

I wonder how many (non Nazi) news articles in 1945 sounded like “Adolf Hitler, the man who’s leadership brought Germany out of its Great Depression, was found dead today.”

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