Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

i personally just don't get this thing where people say "that's sad" and not "wow, he had a great run, good for him!!" and celebrate how they lived. there is nothing to be sad about. he lived a long time. he had a good life and now he's fertilizer.

we're all going to die. i know that. i accept that. i understand that anything can happen at any time and that's how the universe works. i know i can get a really horrible phone call at any second about unimaginable tragedy and have and i know its not about me or anyone else.. its just how the universe works.

my personal view, is that its silly to get emotional about it or make it something it isn't. death can just as much be about the celebration of how someone lived or the fact that they were fortunate enough to live at all as it can be about "being sad".

further, it makes light of the fact that others are dying every single day... being murdered, raped and killed and somehow that becomes less sad, since they didn't star in a well known movie 50 years ago or a crappy tv series.

i respect your opinions. i'm just adding another perspective to the discussion