http://stewstewstewdio.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] stewstewstewdio.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2011-02-03 01:46 am (UTC)

Speaking of important people, I am reminded of an oft-repeated and wholly invalid principle that time gives us the perspective needed to judge things in a more complete fashion.

I think we tend to memorialize people after they die because they are no longer in a position to embarrass or injure us.
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