I didn't call Ted Kennedy a hero, you did. I have never used the phrase about him and doubt I ever will. I think he was a good guy and I think he spent a lifetime trying to do good by people. That doesn't make him a hero though, that's what I want from everyone. I called him the American Hero because you were using it so dismissively. You were trolling and so I threw it right back in your face.
And yeah, if he had a different last night, I bet he probably would have been treated differently. I was the first one to write in to this list about Ted Kennedy and I specifically said he had some serious flaws in his life and probably caused the death of a woman. Straight up. Do I think that makes his decades of service any less important or worthwhile? Nope. Do I think that puts him in the same league as a punk who tortures animals for fun and profit and gets idolized for ridiculous game? Nope. Ted Kennedy was no saint. I think he was a pretty good man though. You want to talk about the pros and cons of his life and legacy, don't start by trolling. Judah On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: > > Hero? Really? Ted Kennedy is a 'hero'? I guess the bar for the 'hero' > label has been lowered quite a bit. > > I will not try to take away anything from the man's service to the > people of Massachusetts, but I think calling him a 'hero' is > stretching it quite a bit. > > I love it, Teddy not only gets a pass for Chappaquiddick but is > labeled a 'hero', but Mike Vick doesn't even seem to deserve a second > chance or the opportunity to try and makes things better for others. > > I'd be willing to bet the money Vick makes as an athlete pales in > comparison to the money Teddy made as a politician. I would also be > willing to bet that if the man who drove that car off the Dike Bridge > had a different last name, the outcome would have been quite a bit > different. > > Sadly, I would have expected a bit more insight from you Judah. > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Judah McAuley<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Actually a lot of people think that a woman died in murky >> circumstances in which an American Hero's judgment is certainly at >> fault. And many of those people think that the person convicted of >> breeding and torturing animals deliberately over a period of years for >> profit and "sport" is more of a sick fuck than someone who fucked up >> in his youth through negligence rather than malice. And some of those >> people think that the American Hero spent the rest of his life trying >> to make things better for every single person in the country and the >> other dude is spending his time making a fortune playing with a ball. >> >> Yes, I'm guilty of rank hypocrisy. Got a problem with that do you Scott? >> >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> A lot of the same people who think a man convicted of dog fighting, >>> who served a prison term, should not be able to get a job in his >>> chosen profession also think that a man who killed a woman, and never >>> went to jail, is an 'American Hero' >>> >>> -- >>> Scott Stroz >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303106 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
