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Proclamation
Sep. 10th, 2011 10:42 amWhenever I die, if I die as a result of someone else's action, don't ANYONE say ANYTHING to the effect of, "If we don't do X, then she has died in vain/for naught/without cause."
I'm not religious. I'm not going to Heaven or Hell when I die. I'm just going to be dead. I'm going to die no matter what simply because I am alive today. It is the one thing I know I am destined to do. I'd rather not do it so soon, but hey, shit happens, right?
If I die of old age while my body slowly shuts down from wear and tear, I have not died in vain; I have simply died. If I die of stomach cancer, I have not died in vain; I have simply died. If I die by getting hit by a bus, I have not died in vain. If I die in a terrorist bombing attack, I have not died in vain. If some punk ass stabs me in the gut on the street and I bleed out 2 min from a hospital, then so be it.
If you feel some need to avenge my death, do it of your own accord. Do not invoke my name as a pawn in your need to feel better about my death. If you wish for my attacker to suffer and pay for what s/he has done, that is on you.
This message has been sponsored by all the talk around me regarding the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Come Not, When I am Dead
by Lord Alfred Tennyson
(1809-1892)
Come not, when I am dead,
To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave,
To trample round my fallen head,
And vex the unhappy dust thou wouldst not save.
There let the wind sweep and the plover cry;
But thou, go by.
Child, if it were thine error or thy crime
I care no longer, being all unblest:
Wed whom thou wilt, but I am sick of Time,
And I desire to rest.
Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie:
Go by, go by.
I'm not religious. I'm not going to Heaven or Hell when I die. I'm just going to be dead. I'm going to die no matter what simply because I am alive today. It is the one thing I know I am destined to do. I'd rather not do it so soon, but hey, shit happens, right?
If I die of old age while my body slowly shuts down from wear and tear, I have not died in vain; I have simply died. If I die of stomach cancer, I have not died in vain; I have simply died. If I die by getting hit by a bus, I have not died in vain. If I die in a terrorist bombing attack, I have not died in vain. If some punk ass stabs me in the gut on the street and I bleed out 2 min from a hospital, then so be it.
If you feel some need to avenge my death, do it of your own accord. Do not invoke my name as a pawn in your need to feel better about my death. If you wish for my attacker to suffer and pay for what s/he has done, that is on you.
This message has been sponsored by all the talk around me regarding the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Come Not, When I am Dead
by Lord Alfred Tennyson
(1809-1892)
Come not, when I am dead,
To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave,
To trample round my fallen head,
And vex the unhappy dust thou wouldst not save.
There let the wind sweep and the plover cry;
But thou, go by.
Child, if it were thine error or thy crime
I care no longer, being all unblest:
Wed whom thou wilt, but I am sick of Time,
And I desire to rest.
Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie:
Go by, go by.
