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jkusters ([personal profile] jkusters) wrote in [personal profile] profundis 2007-05-16 03:21 pm (UTC)

To me there's a difference between "feeling sorry" for Falwell and choosing not to rejoice in another human's death. I am truly happy that his message of hate and intolerance has ceased. Like you, I've been outraged frequently by this opportunistic a-hole. (And if your profile birth date is accurate, I've been around a few more years than you.) I'm thankful that his apparently stupid and ignorant remarks are now the thing of legacy, and not ongoing prejudice. I just can't bring myself to "dance on the grave" of any human being, no matter how hated he or she was in life. So, while I will join with my fellow 'mos in abhorring his message and working against his legacy, I will mark this human's passing in the same way I would any other, by appreciating the of my own that remains.

JOhn.

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