On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:45:51 -0500, Gregory Morrow wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:34:47 -0400, MtnTraveler wrote:
>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>
>>>> why I should feel grief over the death of a stranger? I am amenable
>>>> to
>>>> rational persuasion.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>>> Perhaps there is another path to take here.
>>> One without need for grief but at the same time, no need to be happy
>>> about the death. Many people die each day yet the living feel no
>>> need to disparage the dead. They simply ignore them. No need to feel
>>> grief if you do not have that feeling for someone.
>>>
>>> Not disparaging Mr. Kennedy's behavior is not the same thing as
>>> condoning it.
>>>
>>> I think all 'cybercat' and Blake Murphy are saying is, 'there is no
>>> need to speak badly of the dead.' If you did not care for him while
>>> he was alive, simply ignore his passing. Do not enjoy it. That would
>>> seem more in line with the subject heading of 'Humanity 101.'
>>
>> exactly. i'm not wearing sackcloth and ashes (and i don't intent to
>> watch/read the eulogies), but it's kind of tacky to say 'good
>> riddance, drunken murderer.'
>>
>> i might have a quiet snort when george bush shuffles off, though.
>>
>
> See, folks, there's that liberal 'humanity' that the lefties are always
> extolling, lol...
>
> Bush's terms in office are increasingly looking like a "Golden Era" compared
> to what we've got now, I wouldn't be planning to "gloat", blake...

having a drink isn't the same as posting 'hahaha!!! i'm glad the drunken
murdered is dead' on usenet.

blake