This morning Chris Henry died at the age of 26. That's as old as my brother! But anyway, typically when someone is in a condition to potentially pass away, no matter how much you may not like him/her, you live by the rule that if you don't have anything nice to say, you don't say anything at all.
Some people don't subscribe to this. A friend of mine spoke on her Facebook page of how much she didn't like Chris Henry and how he doesn't contribute to the team anyway and they should release him... all this while the man struggled on life support in a Charlotte hospital. It is really easy to say less-than-nice things about someone you don't know, but do you want those to be your last words before finding out that he has died?
I have always had a terribly horrible feeling in my heart knowing that I was one of the last people in my family to see my grandfather before he passed, and I didn't take the time to tell him I loved him or say any of the things people wish they could say if they thought that it was the last time that they saw someone.
But honestly - stranger, relative, or friend - I would have a much heavier heart knowing that the last words I said to, or even about, someone were essentially defaming his or her character.
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