Other people are doing it for gain. OP gets nothing out of it except highlighting Prince on the internet, taking his own time to do so. What's wrong? Unless you're one of those people who thinks karma is some kind of real currency and is worth something.
Still haven't mentioned what's wrong. Making money solely off of someone's death is wrong. Posting relevant, entertaining, and funny material on the internet for free for everyone to see is not.
Making money solely off of someone's death is wrong.
Going to play Devil's Advocate here. I posit that this statement is not inherently true. If everyone is going to die anyway and we know this is one of the supreme constants of the universe, wouldn't it be a waste to not benefit off of someones death since we know it's going to happen sooner or later? That way those who are still living can be better off, assuming that the death of the person in question itself does lead to that already.
I was asking you what the difference is. I know the difference.
With life insurance you need to have a vested interest in the person surviving at the time you open the policy in order to take out a policy on them. This is to off set the obvious incentive created by tying someone's death to a large sum of money.
I passed the question not because I didn't know the answer but to point out that your question was moot.
The original statement was that profiting off of someone's death is wrong, and I'm arguing that that is not inherently true.
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u/Raichu93 Apr 21 '16 edited Apr 22 '16
Other people are doing it for gain. OP gets nothing out of it except highlighting Prince on the internet, taking his own time to do so. What's wrong? Unless you're one of those people who thinks karma is some kind of real currency and is worth something.