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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Guardian 2000: [QB] There are those who celebrate the deaths of others. And there are those who do not. Of the first, some celebrate the death of any opponent. Others celebrate the death of people more specifically. How so? I think the difference here is that, be it as a part of America or as part of the West, people like Reagan or Falwell (not to lump the two together in any way other than "dead famous political figures") are, in the end, one of "us". Just as Churchill delivered Chamberlain's eulogy and praised him, despite his appeasements having brought the English-speaking world to the brink of collapse . . . Just as Nixon gave great tribute to LBJ (to the praise of others) upon LBJ's death in '73, and just as Dubya honored LBJ by naming the DoEd HQ building after him . . . . . . those who separate "us" versus "them" simply don't revel in the deaths of opponents who are still one of "us". Others, however, separate "us" versus "them" by other boundaries, making smaller sets of "us". No longer are Americans all "us", for instance, but only a select group. Thus many more deaths can be celebrated, and even more hate-filled silliness such as hoping for pain and crap can be flung upon people. Don't get me wrong here . . . I'm no fan of Falwell or his politics. For starters, just as hippy-istic notions circumvented the option of quarantine early on in the US AIDS crisis (which at best might've slowed things down a bit), so too did Falwell's anti-gay agenda spread disinformation about AIDS that probably helped speed its spread. And, of course, he misunderstood the so-called "alternative lifestyle" thing as coming from a general godlessness, instead of recognizing that the godlessness of those who live outside the bounds of Falwellian morality are often anti-religious merely as a subset of a grander anti-establishmentarian bent. But in the end, while his understanding and execution were often poor and unhelpful to his causes, his goal . . . holding the line against the ethical decay of the United States . . . was certainly not evil. But hey, don't let that stop anyone. He's not one of "us". Just remember not to bitch and moan when folks celebrate the deaths of those you revere and consider to be "us". [/QB][/QUOTE]
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