How did Mr Franklin put it? "If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write the things worth the reading or do the things worth the writing." That's what it amounts to doesn't it? Fame I mean... Write or be written about. Considering that true fame is something you can only get long after you're dead, what difference should it really make once you're gone and placed down under. Should it matter? Evidently it does to a great many people...