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Steve wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 6:14 pm
Contrary to what some of the folk who are publicly dancing on his grave have said I do not agree that he should be buried and forgotten. For all his faults and menacing behaviour it should never be forgotten that he had mental health issues and was, after all, another human being. I’m as appalled by some of what I’ve read on the internet about him posthumously as I was by what he said about others when he was alive. The dead can’t speak up and two wrongs don’t make a right. No one deserves to die at 47.

Steve wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 6:14 pm ... two wrongs don’t make a right. ...

AZ* wrote: Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:47 pm

Steve wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 6:14 pm ... two wrongs don’t make a right. ...

Interesting. That is how I was raised. But more and more, that old adage, unfortunately is falling out of favor it seems.

Steve wrote: Fri Jun 18, 2021 6:14 pm
I have known other people who live in a total fantasy world. They tell so many lies that they truly begin to believe their own stories and take on the persona of the person they falsely claim to be. The line between reality and fiction is blurred. Rarely do these people seek professional help or have proper diagnosis though. That’s quite sad.

Thank you, Stephen, for the occasional gramophone part and odd pieces of ephemera you sent to me free of charge from time to time. I wish I could have understood your scrolling handwriting within the accompanying letters!

Anyway, like Chunny, that’s all I’m going to say about him.

Goodbye Stephen.

Orchorsol wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:24 am All broadly agreed (in all directions) but I would just ask why this old thread had to be resurrected? (Rhetorical question, not meant to be pointed!)

gramophoneshane wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:44 am It's just a complete guess on my part, but I'd say Steve has come across this thread in an EMG search, and read this thread for the first time because he was unable to access his account at the time this thread was created.
And after reading some of the comments left by a couple people he's probably felt the need add his comment to the thread about someone he once considered a friend.

Whatever his reasons though, I have a lot of respect for Steve after close to 20 yrs of communicating with him on the internet, and he's always been helpful, honest and fair, so I'm sure any post he makes, whether in a thread less than 1 yr old or more than 10 yrs, is done with the best intentions and hopefully without having to explain his reasons.