I think that when a person dies we say nice things about them in order to expel any guilt we have. Also it's done to make sure that we preserve their memory in a positive way. I agree that it's completely absurd to only acknowledge a person when they're dead but it's a cooping mechanism. Nobody wants to be called a murderer or an accomplice to murder, thus an individual thinks up of positive aspects about the deceased person in order to convince himself that he was a friend of the dead person. On top of all that, in society, we've sort of conditioned people to mean to one another, at least when they're young. Being nice won't get you far in this world, unless you're a girl. But I'm not in the mood to discuss gender inequality in behaviors. I'll just leave it as this, talking kindly of the dead is a cooping mechanism to escape the guilt of how we treated the person while he was alive.
Why do people suddenly respect the dead, but never...
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