Ever been glad when someone dies?

Yeah... I have. But mostly because it meant I got to live.

God forgive me, but I felt the same way. They were both bigoted, dishonest, and many other discriptive words. All the bad things that surface in the nature of human beings possessed them both.

I too feel ashamed of myself. But what about a Hitler?

Exactly... there are possessed people. Perhaps more correctly are people who obsess over being or doing something so bizarre that when they pass on, the world is a far better place without them. Hitler is an excellent example.

though I feel a bit chill admitting it~ the world could breathe easier with those two out of it~

Thanks for posting to GutterGirls~

Actually yes....my mother in law. She was a wonderful woman and I loved her dearly. She suffered with MS for over 50 years and lived a life in hell. She was bedridden the last 20 years of her life. About a month before she died, she was dropped in the nursing home, breaking both of her legs. Her heart couldn't stand the trauma, she ended up in CHF (congestive heart failure) and AF (atrial fibrillation). We sat with her through the last rites and when she finally passed, the whole family was glad that her suffering was over and she could join my father in law and they could dance again, in heaven.

Also, when my aunt's boyfriend passed away, I actually danced around the kitchen. He was a miserable abusive bastard who treated her horribly...example, she had a stroke one evening about 9 pm. in a kitchen chair. He left her there all night, not bothering to call anyone because she had a dr's appt. the next day at 11. He suffered with cancer and died a horrible death...he deserved it.

It's difficult to admit that one is 9happy, that may not be the proper word), when someone we love passes from a horrible, painful illness. We recognize they are in a better place and at peace.

But there are some really bad people who take advantage of others and yet seem to be successful in spite of their terrible negative flaws. Helms and Falwell are two such people. Although I would not wish them dead, the fact that they died was certainly not bad news.

I thought today of one I would not cry for...cant say but hoping GOD hears my cries.

Somebody in my life took on the role of "nemesis".
I had not wanted it to be that way - it was out of my control
When he became ill with AIDS related symptoms, I did not grieve.
When he died I did not mourn. All of my family and friends and neighbors mourned him deeply at a Memorial Service - he had been greatly loved by many. But I stayed home.

Close friends and family who betray us cause the most hurt. My sister, who always lived with my grandmother while we grew up, quit speaking to me when I took my sick eight-two year old father into my home. We did not speak the last eight years of her life. When she died last month, I did not grieve. In forty years she could not forgive him for divorcing our mother. I was sad and touched and thought about the old days. But there were no tears.

I agree. Some misnomers in the human race need to be recalled and modified if they are to get it right ever. I also include L. Ron hubbard in those you mention!

I felt better my brother's dog died. He was old and epileptic. He couldn't survive much longer, and he suffered so badly. His death gave him peace.

Not that I recall and I live in North Carolina.

I can't say that I have ever been glad that someone died - I would much rather have seen them suffer in THIS world a lot longer.

I was happy when Michael Jackson died before being able to rake in money from that big concert tour he had planned!

I am convinced that he was a pedophile.

I am, as well. He paid those families for their sons' lives, which are now ruined.

NEVER...but there are some people I don't miss at all. I would be happy if Rush limbaugh would go mute and Glenn Beck would be committed, or and of course all the the Bush family suddenly become sterile and maybe the Cheney's too.

I think there is a difference between being glad someone is dead, and being relieved they are dead.

It is a relief to have those two gone, because the unrelenting assault on civil rights lessens as a result.

However I am sure there were people who loved and cared for them, and who depended on them. As long as they are still alive there is also a chance they might come to their senses and work FOR human rights instead of against them.

So I find myself relieved that they are dead. I would have been happy if they had decided to support human rights instead of oppose them.

Very well said! I will borrow your thought, if I may.

Thanks. Of course you can borrow it.

Yes I can say I have but they were ones who were really evil!!

When my dad died 5 years ago I was sad

I have never been happy when someone died. No matter how you disagree with them, they are humans and have families and loved ones.
However, there was a time when someone had treated me badly and a few months later died in a freak accident. I felt really bad for his family but wasn't sad for him. Normally I'd have been very sad about a man in the prime of his life dying like that.

I think we all have