I wanted to laugh at their expense. I mean, come on! ‘DIE ALONE’ was such a ridiculously theatrical message. There was such an excessive amount of hatred packed into those two short words. Besides, I’d realised that its function as an insult depended on certain assumptions about its intended target. What if its recipient wasn’t at all bothered about dying or being alone? It was branded all over with the value system of its author. You could practically hear them shriek: I’D RATHER DIE THAN DIE ALONE!!!
