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Originally Posted by MargaretR
If the policy 'don't speak ill of the dead' was universally applied, subsequent generations would never be told of the deeds of Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini. 
Incidentally, my italian ex mother in law was eternally grateful to Mussolini because he financed surgery for her as a child - not a relative - just human compassion.
No one is 100% good - knowing their failings as well as their good deeds provides a balanced view of a personality. |
There's a bit of difference between the likes of Hitler Stalin Mussolini and Jimmy Savile, if Hitler had been a man and not topped himself he would have been executed for war crimes, Mussolini was strung up by his own people, Jimmy Savile was never charged with any crime what so ever, so I for one abhor people who are trying to drag his name through the mud when he's not around to defend himself and those people pushing these rumours have only done so now because they can't be sued for Libel and Slander, a mark of cowardice in itself