Ián Tamorán

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

Good morning,

I write with great sadness to let you know that my husband, Ian Kelly died on the 22nd June.  I'm not sure if you knew him well, but your name is with a book  found on his desk.  He was very frail, but managed to be a cheerful positive chap until the end of April when his health deteriorated and he lost his sparkle.  His family are all devastated, but are comforted by his not suffering pain or distress at the end.

At times like these there are people known to the deceased but not to those closest to them...I just thought you'd want to know that he will no longer be in touch, but if you feel you'd like to contact me about anything at all, I would be happy to reply.

Best regards,

Gay Kelly

Ián Tamorán PRESINT!

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

When I die I want to still be a Talossan.  So clearly I must interact sufficiently with the realm – still be in contact with it.

But the words "When I die I still want to be a Talossan" have another, deeper, meaning.  When I have died I still want to be a Talossan, even though I cannot then interact with it.  Outside of Talossa I am also a citizen of Ireland.  When I die I shall be a "deceased citizen of Ireland" – my Irishness is not taken away from me at my death, I will still be Irish.  Many, many realms on Earth are like that – death does not change your nationality.  Why cannot Talossa be like that too?

Yes – I have heard various off the cuff statements about our already having degrees of citizenship – so get on with it Ian, and stop complaining.  What already exists cannot be changed.  So there.

But wait – we already honour our citizens with marks of status, and labels of quality of achievement in this or that.  Why not also bestow upon a deceased citizen a formal title like "LDT" (Loyal Deceased Talossan) or "HIT" (Honoured In Talossa) – it's up to someone who knows our language in detail to produce the right term, the right letters.  And someone who is "HIT" (or whatever we choose) will no longer be obligated to respond to a census or vote at an election – that will not (cannot!) be counted against him or her.

Come on, lads and lasses – let's discuss this and create legislation to implement it.

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

Nolite Timere Messorem

[King Txec]

I am very saddened by this news. He was an inspiration to me. Both Chelli and I send our condolences to his family.

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

Rest in peace, Ián.
I am sharing this video of him reading his poem, Avancamantisch, as Ián was most recent winner of the El Pretz Per Tomas poetry prize. What a wonderful voice of artful wisdom.

I will certainly support any effort to establish a new citizenship type honoring deceased Talossans.

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

I just noticed the date of death. Cxhn. Tamorán voted in the Cosă election in literally the last week of his life. That's Talossan patriotism. Zog salute.

[Munditenens Tresplet]

Ian was a great Talossan, and although it was not frequent, I always enjoyed interacting with him. He will be missed.

I'd be more than happy to sign my name to legislation implementing honours for deceased Talossans, starting first with Ian.

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

I suggest that the status for Talossans who have moved on to the next place should be something like Presint Eternalmint (Present Eternally), with reference not only how we vote when we are not participating but still want to be counted, but to this custom:

Presente means present in Spanish. To refer to a deceased person as presente means that they are still a part of the living, and will remain in their hearts and minds of those who mourn them.

[Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat]

This is sad news indeed.

Go n-éirí an bóthar leat
Go raibh an ghaoth go brách ag do chúl
Go lonraí an ghrian go te ar d'aghaidh
Go dtite an bháisteach go mín ar do pháirceanna
Agus go mbuailimid le chéile arís,
Go gcoinní Dia i mbos A láimhe thú.

[Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC]

The basic solution should be: if you stop voting in elections and responding to censuses, you are no longer "deemed to renounce" but you go on an Inactive Citizens list. And a subset of that list whose deaths are confirmed will be "els Presints Eternalmint". We might start creating a list like that: Xhorxh Asmour, John Eiffler, even King Robert II Dobberpuhl.

[Glüc]

Rest in Peace Ián. Talossa will greatly miss its Proud Philosopher.

[Antaglha Xhenerös Somelieir]

This is really sad news, He was a great person and Talossan and is a terrible loss. rest in peace and thoughts and prayers to his family

[C. M. Siervicül]

He was a great and proud Talossan, and will be missed. Thank you for sharing, Miestra.

[Bråneu Excelsio, UrN]

Rest in peace. I kept thinking about his approach to the eternal citizenship. I know we will get there. Thank you for sharing.

[Mic’haglh Autófil, O.Be]

It seems fitting, in a bittersweet sort of way, that the person who proposed a separate category for deceased Talossans could be one of the first so categorized.

Respoçetz cümbién, S:reu Tamorán, and all the best to your family.