[ SECRET POST #2406 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2406 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's about having respect for life, especially for another human's life. It's about recognising that she was a fellow human being, and a talented artist at that, whose personal demons got the better of her, rather than just a collection of amusing or titillating tabloid factoids. And if you still have to ask 'why' now, then it's you who just doesn't get 'it', or more accurately, 'empathy'.

Yes, death can sometimes be funny, and it definitely happens to us all. But sometimes finding irreverent humour amusing does not negate or mean one doesn't have the right to draw the line and respect the dead.

To counter what you said, if was at a themed party and someone had a zombie cake of a recently deceased unfamous person whom know one at the party had known, I would still be horrified. To mock a personal death for the sake of it is senseless, no matter who it is.

You said "Winehouse was famous. That's the only thing that makes her different. It's the only thing that makes you care." I think it's actually more accurate to say that Winehouse's fame is the only thing that makes people think they have a right to mock her death, because celebrity makes people seem less real.

But it shouldn't.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for your thoughtful and well-reasoned response.

[(Anonymous)]

And, if after making that last statement, you still write/read RPF, I'll be disappointed.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT doesn't read RPF, but also doesn't think that is a fair comparison. The act of having fantasies about another person or people and then sharing those fantasies, while it does walk a fine line of objectifying those people (and there are certainly tinhats who completely dehumanise the people they're supposed to be supporting) is not equivalent to reducing the entirety of a person's life (and after they're dead, no less, so they cannot defend themselves) to a punchline at a Halloween party.