these things are not related.

[certainthings]

As you may have read on your flist some guy was randomly stabbed and beheaded while travelling on a Greyhound bus. It's shocking, horrible, tragic and many other strong words.

And so now there's a page dedicated to him over at Facebook. Which, personally isn't my cup of tea but whatever. The part that I do have a big problem with though is this -

"If any of his family or friends join this group I want you to know I will have u in my thoughts as Tim is now in a better place."

Okay. Just. No. And fuck you. Do NOT use "u" as a freaking word on a page like that, in a post like that. That is tacky and well, stupid. Also? Maybe YOU believe he's in a better place and that's great but don't tell the family that, don't tell people that cared about him that. You don't know what they believe. Maybe they don't believe in a better after life, maybe they were Satan worshippers, maybe this and maybe that. And if they do believe in a better after life ... I don't know that someone would really want to hear that so soon after something so digusting happened.

Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

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Comments

[blind-acrobat.livejournal.com]

in total agreement with you.

saying he's "in a better place" is a judgement passed on someone's own personal, individual belief system and should not be transmitted to someone else - especially in a period of grief during which no matter what your faith tells, you still love, miss the person and wish there were there with you. because it's human. granted, someone do seem to think that this "better place" thing helps the healing, but the man was stabbed and beheaded randomly on a bus, i think the healing will take quite some time.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Exactly just that.