Re: Hillary death watches are disrepectable
by
RonB52
05/21/2008, 9:36 AM #
While it's hard to find an authoritative definition of "deathwatch," I think of it as something like a vigil. A gathering of concerned people by the side of someone who is gravely ill.
It's neither "disrepectable" nor "disrepectful."
What Slate is doing, however, hardly qualifies as a deathwatch in this sense.
It's more like abuse of a corpse.
:)