One thing about us East and Southeast Asians is that we said what we’re expected to said in a certain event in such a scale that once you heard one, you have heard it all.
Funeral, for example - “The dead is a good person” = I don’t personally know the dead. “The dead is a good friend” = I personally know and deal with the dead. “The dead is a good kid” = The dead is my child/children, or I’m his/her teacher. You get the idea.
So, yeah, I won’t read too much into an official statement on a dead person. As my parents said “Don’t listen to what people said, but watch what they do” .
One thing about us East and Southeast Asians is that we said what we’re expected to said in a certain event in such a scale that once you heard one, you have heard it all.
Funeral, for example - “The dead is a good person” = I don’t personally know the dead. “The dead is a good friend” = I personally know and deal with the dead. “The dead is a good kid” = The dead is my child/children, or I’m his/her teacher. You get the idea.
So, yeah, I won’t read too much into an official statement on a dead person. As my parents said “Don’t listen to what people said, but watch what they do” .