Poll: "Show a little sympathy; all death is tragic !"

[Richardplex]

If people want to mourn over someone they don't know and call it tragic, then they can, it's their life. If people want to call me out for not being sad about someone who I don't know nor care about dying, then I have a problem with it. It's not tragic in my opinion, it's life. Well, death, but you get what I mean. Call me cold-hearted, but a few people I know have died, and I haven't felt sad about it. They would of died at some point anyway. Grieving and showing sympathy and what not doesn't benefit me nor anyone else, and certainly not the person who died, they're dead, they don't care what I think. Sympathy to the loved ones of the deceased sure, to the deceased, no.

[small]Then again, I do feel sad and depressed when characters that I've become emotionally attached to die in games. Huh, maybe I should see a therapist.[/small]

 

[Bakuryukun]

Death is always tragic. If you think otherwise then you are being selfish and your view of the world is to small.

 

[0986875533423]

Nope. I'm pretty sure I remember reading a NewScientist article about how if you cared too much about people you heard about who had no influence on your personal life it would fuck up your moral compass and you'd become disconnected from those around you due to your inability to understand when remorse was and wasn't appropriate.

I'm more than happy to act like an apathetic jerk for a couple of days if it stops me becoming a psychopath in my later years.

And I think if there's someone who dies who was genuinely disliked and then people just ignore that after they die, surely it cheapens the remembrance? Let's stop pretending we aren't talking about Amy Winehouse here: She was addicted to drugs and alcohol, willingly put herself in domestic abuse's way (as bemoaned by her goddaughter) and dressed like an insane prostitute. And the Media sniped at her for it every step of the way. Are we just going to forget that now she's dead? How can you remember a person's life properly if you filter out all the bad things?

I apologise if this has been posted already, but:

 

[vivster]

death is tragic for all people who loose something because of the death
death is a happy day for everyone who gains something from it
death doesn't matter for everyone who is indifferent about the person who died

it's that simple
don't forget that tragic is an emotion which is felt different by everyone

 

[Brandon237]

I personally, think that some death is not tragic. This is inevitably going to lead to Godwin's Law, and I think it is already implied Godwin's Law, but some people need to die, and when they do, it is not sad. Some evil and twisted assholes do not deserve the Oxygen they have inhaled. They deserve to never have it again, and they do NOT deserve sympathy. Normal people, not evil people et cetera, their deaths are tragic.

 

[General_Potatoes]

If I don't know them, then I don't care. If I do on the other hand........

 

[Raddra]

Its called respect. Yes, it is tragic.. but I'm unsure what to vote on the poll since i'm unsure of you are asking if you agree or if you agree with you.

 

[Whateveralot]

Death is part of life.

If one induces it upon itself, it's them to blame. We all know life is a fragile thing. No matter how indistructable we might feel some times.

I do however share compassion for those that lost someone. People can't always cope with the fact that they have lost someone and I will always be there for anyone. Mourning can be a very hard to do on your own.

 

[Thyunda]

Taimour Abdulwahab.

Blew himself up next to a crowded street in central Stockholm in the middle of Christmas shopping season.
In the end, he killed himself and only himself.

How is that tragic? The world got a bit smarter the moment he managed to hit that detonator a tad early, if you ask me.
It's no loss at all, if you ask me.

Death is always tragic when it happens to innocents, though. Good people who minded their own business, then got killed.
It's less tragic and more sad when people die of natural causes, like old age, but premature death is never a good thing. Unless it happens to bastards like Mr. Abdulwahab above. That was a good thing.

It's tragic because he did not HAVE to die. As in, he didn't have to strap bombs to himself. With the right help, he could have been a perfectly normal and valuable member of society. This just tells me that there's something wrong with the people he looked up to.

Also, the captcha says fashion victim. Do bomb-belts count as fashion?

 

[Dogstile]

Course not all death is tragic. I will gladly poke fun at miss winehouse because I don't care about her. The people who tell me I shouldn't should quite frankly mind their own business. I'm not gonna magically start crying just because some random dude told me I should.

 

[Nexus4]

When someone blows themselves up juggling live hand grenades, I struggle to find sympathy.

 

[n00beffect]

Death is a normally occuring event. It's tragic only because you percieve to be so.

 

[AngloDoom]

The tragedy of a loss of life is really relative to me. Obviously, person involvement with the person knocks it up several points in the 'tragedy' department, but for me it's a case-by-case affair.

An individual who goes out his way to harm others should not be sympathised with in the same way we mourn an individual who goes out his way to help others. The loss of life is indeed a bad thing, but only because it is a life that could have been better spend. The end of that cruel person as an individual is not a bad thing.

Taimour Abdulwahab.

Blew himself up next to a crowded street in central Stockholm in the middle of Christmas shopping season.
In the end, he killed himself and only himself.

How is that tragic? The world got a bit smarter the moment he managed to hit that detonator a tad early, if you ask me.
It's no loss at all, if you ask me.

Death is always tragic when it happens to innocents, though. Good people who minded their own business, then got killed.
It's less tragic and more sad when people die of natural causes, like old age, but premature death is never a good thing. Unless it happens to bastards like Mr. Abdulwahab above. That was a good thing.

It's tragic because he did not HAVE to die. As in, he didn't have to strap bombs to himself. With the right help, he could have been a perfectly normal and valuable member of society. This just tells me that there's something wrong with the people he looked up to.

Also, the captcha says fashion victim. Do bomb-belts count as fashion?

Sorry, but I had to quote this. I don't like the idea that people who make good decisions are always in the right state of mind, but people who make morally questionable decisions (especially terrorists acts) are to be sympathised with because they are brainwashed.

No, they are just people who think killing innocents is a fair price for getting what they want. They are not to be mourned - my sympathies reach their innocent family and friends and that is all.

 

[Galletea]

I find it sad when people die before their time, regardless of who or how. When someone is really ill or old or something, then that's not tragic, it can sometimes be a relief to all involved.

 

[ultimateownage]

Yes. But if this is true, why are they being so much more sympathetic to Amy Winehouse? If all death is tragic, we should care just as much about every other death there has been in the last week.

*EDIT*
Also, it doesn't feel as tragic when thousands die every day.
The whole 'waste of talent' argument annoys me too. People said Kurt Kobain's death was tragic, but he took his own life and no longer liked making music. People don't understand that just because they were good at something that it means they always wanted to do it. Being disappointed that they've 'wasted talent' is an extremely disrespectful thing to say towards the dead in my opinion.

 

[Chaos-Spider]

I've read this many times on forums. What do you think of it? Do you agree? Disagree?
I have to say, no.
If someone who I don't know dies, why does it have to be tragic to ME? If some celebrities death occurs, why should I have to have be personally affected? The fact is I don't know 99% of the Earth population, and death happens every day. Hundreds of thousands of people die every day. I don't enter into a day by day depression over it. Something being horrible is one person's opinion.

I don't think that tragic necessarily leads to you being personally affected.

I found Amy Winehouse's death tragic, but I didn't feel that bad, sad, whatever. The same goes for the Norway situation - no one there was personally linked to me, so I don't feel much, but I have the decency to respect those who died, and the tragedy of the event.

Amy Winehouse is dead?
I mean that is tragic if it's true I agree with the statement (the one in the thread title), but if it had really happened, wouldn't it have been a massively big thing on international news? this is the first I've ever heard of it.

Edit: confusing poll is confusing. with which statement are we agreeing with as your thread title contradicts the statement in the OP's first post.