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

[MasTerHacK]

Ever heard of: "The death of one person is a tragedy, the death of million is a statistic"?
Loads of people die every day, no reason for me to feel sad for them.

 

[snow]

Think you're missing the point really. It's not so much that you have to be sympathetic for the loss if it doesn't personally affect you. At least be respectful to those that were affected.

 

[chronicfc]

You shouldn't disrespect the dead, but you don't need to be sympathetic.

 

[JochemDude]

Nope, there is a line you can cross which is very hard to define, but it when you cross it you deserve to die.

 

[Engarde]

I don't think all death is tragic. I am not sure flies have the social structure necessary to consider the death of Fly B to my swatter to be tragic.

To actually answer the question, I don't really think so. I am sure someone has died somewhere and no one bothered to give them a second thought. Most of the time someone cares, however.

 

[dyre]

I'm pretty sure when people say "show a little sympathy," they actually mean "don't be a douchebag."

No one's asking you to personally shed tears when people die; just don't joke about it in front of mourners or w/e

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Of course every death is tragic.to someone. When i am not connected in any way to the dead, i have to be honest and say "well...i dont care". I mean you dont have to place it in everyonce faces, but i find faked sympathy is disgusting.
Just stay silent and leave the people alone that are directly affected.
And this is true for almost every celebrety that died, crime victims, people getting hit by planes in their offices, the thousands of warvictims every day. It doesnt touch me. Why should i spend every day in my live mourning for strangers?

 

[dyre]

At the executing a murderer part, to specify. Thats fucking stupid.

That's remarkably impolite of you. If you disagree with me, fine, but don't insult me.

Please don't derail this into a death penalty thread.

I wasn't attempting to do so - I was merely stating a case where one could be both glad someone is dead, but at the same time feel sorry for them.

If you don't want the conversation going in that direction, then I suggest you stop bringing it up.

No, wait... You make a ridiculous statement that doesnt belong here, and when you get called out, you tell me to stop bringing it up?

She obviously she was using an extreme case in which the death was deserved to highlight that all death is tragic, even when it's deserved. Applying some reading comprehension skills might lead you to realize that the death penalty part was just being used as an example.

 

[Andaxay]

I don't expect myself or others to feel sad when a celebrity/someone completely unrelated to me or them dies. I don't expect many to care. But I do expect people to show a little respect; hearing comments such as "ha!" or "they deserved it" is what riles me. It's a tricky one when a mass murderer is put to death, for example, and in that case, is it deserved? When people start spitting on bodies, though, that's when I get angry. A human life is a human life at the end of the day, and celebrating the fact that someone died is horrific.

 

[Vakz]

Death is always tragic, yes, but if we were to feel sympathy for every single death we here about, we'd just go around feeling sad all the time.

 

[Fanfic_warper]

This is tricky to me. All life is sacred, but not all deaths are tragic. It's great to see new life come into the world, but everyone leaves it at some point.

When celebrities kick the bucket I really don't care. when that Michael Jackson wierdo kicked the bucket I was the only one of my friends NOT crying.

No not all death is tragic is what I'm saying.

 

[Zeekar]

I have no idea how there are so many votes for "no" here. Are people trying to be contrary for the lulz? Explain.

No one is asking that anyone drop to their knees every time anyone dies, but there is a word for those who exhibit a complete lack of empathy.

Is the escapist full of those kinds of people?

 

[PatSilverFox]

The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.

 

[BanicRhys]

The only time I consider someone's death tragic is when that person had a positive impact on my life.

Inb4 even more people think they're being witty by posting that "a million deaths are a statistic" quote.

 

[weker]

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.

All death in my books as long as it is not personal I couldn't care for. For me if I don't take just as much grief for the millions that die of natural causes why don't I for every other event.
Their dead and im not talking to any of their family so it doesn't matter to me.

 

[Hasido]

i pretty much take myself out of the equation when it comes to these things. in other words, its tragic to someone, therefore its tragic. Maybe i don't feel affected personally by the death, the thought that someone out there is is enough. on the other hand, if something tragic happens to me, i pretty much sum it up as, feels bad, but the rest of the world doesn't care and will move on, so should i.

 

[Lynx]

Most will not say "show some sympathy", most will say "show some respect".
The latter, I agree with.

Also, I do not agree that death is tragic. Loss, however, is.