On Ted Kennedy’s Passing (and Respect for the Dead)
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Earlier today, while skimming through Google Reader before getting on the road, I encountered a blog post which reacted to news of Senator Kennedy’s death by posting pictures of the Chappaquiddick bridge. I tweeted that such a reaction was probably in bad taste, and I received a bit of reaction to that thought. I was raised that one should be respectful of the recently departed. Humans are flawed, but for a time after a person passes, it just feels wrong to highlight those flaws. At a minim