Comments on: President Bush: “Ken Lay was a good man” http://urbangrounds.com/2006/07/lay-to-rest/ Sometimes the truth hurts Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:48:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Curtis Glenn http://urbangrounds.com/2006/07/lay-to-rest/#comment-22095 Curtis Glenn Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:59:19 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/07/07/lay-to-rest/#comment-22095 Dear Mr. Robbie. We all feel relief when certain people die. It's inevitable, rational, and most importantly, it's okay. Perhaps we would rather they completely changed into a totally new person, but that'd be just a bit far fetched. I'm not a proponent of the death penalty. The death penalty is very silly and has no obvious advantages (though significant disadvantages) over life imprisonment. So before I continue I do not mean to say that I call for the death of anyone if it can be avoided. I'm also fully aware that my position is completley created by my experience (largely cultural) and that if I were close to Ken Lay I would be upset about his death. But the fact is that I'm not someone who is close to Ken Lay. Honestly, my feelings are mostly just "eh". He wasn't going to do the world I live in any more harm from prison, but NPR would likely periodically comment on the state of his prison life and that would bore me. So "eh". There are, however, other people who do continue to effect my life in ways I don't like. And when the negative significantly outways the positive, and when I have little reason to imagine them changing, I will be a little more comfortable when they die. And my point is Robbie, that you are the same way. Unless you have some unhealthy, neurotic and symbiotic sympathy for all people at all times, which you don't, you feel similarly to the way I do when I hear of more deaths on the news. If it doesn't affect your life in any tangible way, or if it makes your life a little more comfortable, though outwardly you may preach your sadness and horror, inside you still feel "eh". Dear Mr. Robbie. We all feel relief when certain people die. It’s inevitable, rational, and most importantly, it’s okay. Perhaps we would rather they completely changed into a totally new person, but that’d be just a bit far fetched.

I’m not a proponent of the death penalty. The death penalty is very silly and has no obvious advantages (though significant disadvantages) over life imprisonment. So before I continue I do not mean to say that I call for the death of anyone if it can be avoided. I’m also fully aware that my position is completley created by my experience (largely cultural) and that if I were close to Ken Lay I would be upset about his death. But the fact is that I’m not someone who is close to Ken Lay. Honestly, my feelings are mostly just “eh”. He wasn’t going to do the world I live in any more harm from prison, but NPR would likely periodically comment on the state of his prison life and that would bore me. So “eh”.

There are, however, other people who do continue to effect my life in ways I don’t like. And when the negative significantly outways the positive, and when I have little reason to imagine them changing, I will be a little more comfortable when they die. And my point is Robbie, that you are the same way. Unless you have some unhealthy, neurotic and symbiotic sympathy for all people at all times, which you don’t, you feel similarly to the way I do when I hear of more deaths on the news. If it doesn’t affect your life in any tangible way, or if it makes your life a little more comfortable, though outwardly you may preach your sadness and horror, inside you still feel “eh”.

]]> By: Adam Cardew http://urbangrounds.com/2006/07/lay-to-rest/#comment-22046 Adam Cardew Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:09:31 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/07/07/lay-to-rest/#comment-22046 Well, with the way the world is today, you should be glad mother fuckers like this are dead. When a corp has the ability to ruin the lifes of thosands for their own welfare, i think our country has taken a turn for the worst. whats wrong with being happy someone dies? are you not happy the cow died so you can have your hamburger? Hell, I'll probably do cartwheels when my grandmother dies... Well, with the way the world is today, you should be glad mother fuckers like this are dead. When a corp has the ability to ruin the lifes of thosands for their own welfare, i think our country has taken a turn for the worst. whats wrong with being happy someone dies? are you not happy the cow died so you can have your hamburger? Hell, I’ll probably do cartwheels when my grandmother dies…

]]> By: Heather Hansma http://urbangrounds.com/2006/07/lay-to-rest/#comment-22043 Heather Hansma Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:17:26 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/07/07/lay-to-rest/#comment-22043 You are HILARIOUS! Yes I am happy he died. I do wish he got raped in prison, and I think the mother fucker got off light by dying before his conviction. In fact, I am a misanthrope. I'll be happy when you are all dead. No really. I really hate humanity. Why did you choose my personal LiveJournal to quote, sir? Why do you act like I'm a journalist publishing to CNN? You are a worthless piece of shit for acting like your opinion matters more. Good job for finding random LJ and Blogspot posts and blasting them. Oh, and sorry Harold. I'm aready taken by the biggest, most beautiful bull-dyke you've ever wished you could have (but can't, 'cause she's all mine, bitch). You are HILARIOUS!
Yes I am happy he died. I do wish he got raped in prison, and I think the mother fucker got off light by dying before his conviction. In fact, I am a misanthrope. I’ll be happy when you are all dead. No really. I really hate humanity.

Why did you choose my personal LiveJournal to quote, sir? Why do you act like I’m a journalist publishing to CNN? You are a worthless piece of shit for acting like your opinion matters more. Good job for finding random LJ and Blogspot posts and blasting them.

Oh, and sorry Harold. I’m aready taken by the biggest, most beautiful bull-dyke you’ve ever wished you could have (but can’t, ’cause she’s all mine, bitch).

]]> By: anonymous http://urbangrounds.com/2006/07/lay-to-rest/#comment-21778 anonymous Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:45:29 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/07/07/lay-to-rest/#comment-21778 There is always a chance that this scumbag didnt even die and faked his own death. There is always a chance that this scumbag didnt even die and faked his own death.

]]> By: dianne http://urbangrounds.com/2006/07/lay-to-rest/#comment-21738 dianne Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:53:47 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/07/07/lay-to-rest/#comment-21738 Sometimes I wonder if Bush is losing his mind or if I lost mine when I voted for him. Course I wouldn't vote for Kerry under any circumstances. I'm getting disgusted with just about the whole lot of our "representatives". The bloggers you mentioned above are nobodys wanting to be somebodys .. trash. Sometimes I wonder if Bush is losing his mind or if I lost mine when I voted for him. Course I wouldn’t vote for Kerry under any circumstances. I’m getting disgusted with just about the whole lot of our “representatives”.

The bloggers you mentioned above are nobodys wanting to be somebodys .. trash.

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