formal begining for the the list of the fallen
"The Fallen"? Dr. Fucktard's "Bodycount" is much more accurate, or maybe "
The incomplete bodycount of those rumored to be dead compiled by a 'newcomer' to the bbs for no real reason aside to possibly make them feel productive as if they are contributing to something in some morbidly perverse way". OK, Valhalla, maybe that was busting your chops alittle too harshly, but I don't like some of your reactions to what I have stated previously, either.
I think that the people that have passed would probably be glad to be remembered.. so I'm not sure what all the fuss is about.
I also don't understand why it's such an issue that the list be "complete."
You must not know family members of some of the deceased and how they feel about straight and about people like you (and me).
The issue with the list being complete has been pounded again and again in this thread. Still don't understand? Whew, I'll summarize it again for you. It is not so much the names being read by those that remember the deceased at any memorial that is an issue at this time. The issue is this "list" of the "fallen" may live on and continue to grow past the pending memorials. The initiation of such a futile effort is offensively dishonorable to those no longer with us as it is attempting to capture data that is literally impossible to capture. The data that has been/will be compiled is based largely on second hand/rumored information.
So basically:
1.) the information documented is questionable at best and
2.) the information documented is statistically only representative of a small fraction of those that have actually passed away.
and just for the fuck of it...
3.) Many of the deceased and families of the deceased would not want to be the subject of contemporary straight research projects.
To summarize simply, most data added to the list is bullshit hearsay and furthermore it includes (discludes?) the omission of thousands that SHOULD be on the list if the research was approached correctly (as all bonafied research should be, if you can't do it right, what is the purpose?).
I have stated my opinion, it won't change, there is a right way to go about this and a wrong way. Listening to survivors, veterans, ex-$tr8s (or whatever) say "Oh I heard Timmy died in a car accident" is not the "right way" of conducting any sort of research resulting in adding Timmy's name to any "list of the fallen".
You remember yours, I'll remember mine.
I have posted my last post in the thread, go ahead---tear my ass up.