Grumman-581 wrote:

Respect is *earned*, not just given because a person holds a certain
position or just happens to be injured... The fact that someone just
so happens to be an ATP, cop, pilot, or even the President does not
automatically make him deserving of respect...

As was pointed out by someone else in this group a few months ago (I
believe in the "He died doing something he loved" thread), modern society
seems to discourage speaking ill of the dead or severely injured.


--
Peter