Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> On Aug 27, 2:57 pm, "cybercat" > wrote:
>>> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
>>>
>>> ...
>>> On Aug 27, 1:05 pm, "cybercat" > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:03:31 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>> On Aug 26, 6:01 pm, "cybercat" > wrote:
>>>>>>> Since so many of you mother****ers were apparently raised by
>>>>>>> pondscum, here
>>>>>>> you go:
>>>>>>> When someone dies, no matter how heinous you may think they were,
>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> those who loved them and are grieving for them. If you cannot say
>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>> positive, just shut the **** up.
>>>>>> Are the Kennedys reading r.f.c now? How would they find out?
>>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>> strangely enough, some who aren't family members are saddened by
>>>>> his death.
>>>> Exactly. I am surprised at Cindy.
>>>> I just can't get worked up over the death of some stranger, and I
>>>> don't seehow anybody else can, either. Don't get me started on
>>>> Princess Di.
>>>> Yes, I think it's a pity that he died, especially since he did so
>>>> much for the"little people". But everybody dies. Public figures
>>>> rate "Oh, that's
>>>> too bad",or "What a waste" (the latter especially in the case of
>>>> someone who
>>>> flames out young, like Heath Ledger).
>>> Congratulations. You have the insight, emotional depth and empathy
>>> of an oyster. How nice for you. Then next time someone you love
>>> dies, I hope lots of people who did not know him or her but heard
>>> lots of things about them have lots of loud discourse about
>>> everything negative that has been said. That's probably the only way
>>> you would get the point.
>> Did you love Teddy Kennedy? I don't see how the situation you propose
>> is anything like the current one.
>>
>> Could you please explain to me in terms that an oyster would
>> understand
>> why I should feel grief over the death of a stranger? I am amenable
>> to
>> rational persuasion.
>
>
> Cindy = 1
>
> cyberskittish = 0
>
> :-)
>
>

Actually not.

The option word was "empathy", not grief.

Bob