--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 2/10/06 10:45:49 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Right. As you noted, it was right before the > > election. Wellstone had been running for reelection, > > you see. Wellstone was an exceptionally popular > > crusading senator in Minnesota and among progressives. > > "We will win" was an expression of hope that his > > legacy would be carried on. Such expressions are > > quite common at funerals. > > Oh really? Maybe you can fill us in on some of these other > funerals where the eulogizers and attendees all break out in > chanting and spewing hatred and venom towards their political foes.
I don't believe that was the kind of service I said was very common, actually. But then your description doesn't fit the Wellstone service either. What "hatred and venom towards their political foes" was "spewed"? >From what I read and saw, the politically oriented portion of the service (about 20 minutes out of several hours, BTW) was pro-liberal, not anti-conservative. > Since it's so common I'm sure you can tell > us about 2 or 3 of them you personally witnessed. Obviously services for popular politicians tragically killed right before an election don't happen very often. Services for politicians and activists who die in other contexts, however, in which speakers talk about the deceased's goals and express the hope that those goals will continue to be pursued are, as I noted, very common. In fact, it would be *unusual* if they did not. Abby Hoffman or Bobby Seal > maybe? > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
