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To: strider44

I used to think just like you, but then I got educated about addiction and know better.


17 posted on 05/04/2016 4:01:58 PM PDT by CityCenter (By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down, yea we wept...)
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To: CityCenter

That’s fine. While it’s sad, it was entirely preventable. Unlike a child with incurable cancer. Not preventable, and tragic. I’ll give one more family example and will then shut up. My grandfather on my mother’s side was a war hero. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions as a Liberator bomber pilot in the Pacific during WWII. He flew dozens of combat missions and survived being shot down. Shortly after returning from the war he died of a heart attack while shoveling snow in his driveway. He was 41. My mom was 13, and the oldest of 6 kids. A tragedy.

My grandfather on my dads side was a mean man. I was afraid of him when I was little. He would routinely drink a case of beer at a sitting. He was abusive to his wife and my father as well as his other 4 children. He also smoked a pack a day at least. He basically drank himself to death and died at age 68. I don’t rememembef any tears at his funeral. Not a tragedy.

Prince knew wealth and privilege a scant few could ever dream of. He made his choices. Sad, but not a tragedy.


23 posted on 05/04/2016 4:16:59 PM PDT by strider44
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