Comment by pyuser583
2 years ago
It’s really inappropriate how many people are glad he’s dead.
Now is not the time or place to have a hate fest. He’s dead. He had family. He’s a real person who died today.
I don’t know what this has to do with Hacker News ethos.
And using someone’s death as occasion to talk ill about them just isn’t appropriate.
Kissinger is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands people. They had families. They were real people who died. Death doesn´t absolve someone from committing crimes against humanity. To claim that people should only talk about the good things person did is a serious case of decorum poisoning. Nobody celebrates serial killers.
He was partially responsible for the deaths of thousands of people around the world, and was responsible for some of the darkest chapters of us foreign policy during the 20th century. When do you think is an appropriate time to have these conversations? He's dead. Criticizing his impact on the world can hardly affect him now. The people in Cambodia he helped murder had families too. Are hackers not supposed to care about ethics or humanity? Why wouldn't Kissinger's death be an inappropriate time to discuss his legacy?