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Do you want your on-line account compromised with Viagra spam after your death? Do you want your grieving family to receive BIGGER PENIS NOW advertisements from you once you've passed?


How exactly would my passing cause this?


Your passing wouldn't cause it; and it could happen to anybody. However having it happen after you die is going to have an emotional impact on those who are still alive. How would it feel to open up facebook and see that you have a message from your deceased spouse? Not very good I imagine.

I think it is entirely reasonable that some people would want to prevent this from happening.


We can never completely escape the echos of the past.


And your platitudes don't actually address the points raised.


It's clear we disagree, and neither party will be convincing the other, so I thought I'd just leave something to think about and move on. Alas, here we are again.




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