tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post5501727944409442026..comments2023-10-19T10:21:32.190-05:00Comments on In Other Words: Death and LifePaul Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974655628067266530noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post-44559290335640208672007-07-24T13:25:00.000-05:002007-07-24T13:25:00.000-05:00Good post. The passage of time and/or the increase...Good post. The passage of time and/or the increase of influence can make rosy that which was not-whether the person is still alive or deceased.<BR/><BR/>When I hear of Ali, I think of George Foreman. Remember, how fearsome he was in his heyday of boxing? Now, he's a big huggy-bear (or, perhaps, he has cultivated an image to make us think he is) selling grills on TV. You don't hear a lot of people reflecting on how brutal he could be in the ring these days.<BR/><BR/>Anyone can be a saint in the court of public opinion after they have died-I look at Boris Yeltsin as a recent example of the rose-colored glass approach to the recently deceased.Cathy_of_Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795566831031491371noreply@blogger.com