You may notice that one of the names has vanished from the list...Turns out it belonged to someone who's quite alive and well and nowhere near as easy going about the whole thing...My apologies to you for taking awhile to take care of this.
No jab at ya at all Valhalla, we have communicated via pm and I think all is cool.
But as the original anonymous asshole against the centralized listing of the deceased, I want to say that the fact that we recently learned of someone on the list of "the fallen" that is actually still alive and kicking only reinforces my perspectibve on the issue. To clarify, I speak not of who or whom not to remember at any memorial, I am speaking of the potential for some "list" that becomes a seperate entity, and someones pet project, long after the memorials.
I continue to believe any such list is not a good idea at all as it is an emphatically impossible task to accomplish with any degree of accuracy. If the list could be compiled with any degree of certainty than I would promptly shut my mouth and cage my typing fingers from pounding replies on this thread.
1.) the information is largely from unreliable information at best
2.) the omissions far outweigh those included and continues to leave possibly tens of thousands deceased as forgotten, which is contrary to the cause and
3.) it may dishonor the deceased and their families to even be included in such a list compiled by ex-straight teens.
As we spoke about in our PM V., November 11th will be like any other day for me. I respect and remember those that I knew deceased each and every day. I look at it like this, does the brother of a soldier killed in combat wait until Veterans Day or Memorial Day to pay respects? No, I remember with respect daily.
I don't mean to invite trouble, I haven't the time or energy to defend my perspective. I see the list as futile.
I will remember mine, you remember yours, no one will be forgotten.
