To: b4its2late
Kind of reminds me of the Texas A&M bonfire tragedy of 1999. There were no death threats, but a lot of Aggies and alums wanted the tradition to continue even though 12 students lost their lives when the logs collapsed. For some, tradition outweighs everything.
9 posted on
12/20/2006 11:44:06 AM PST by
Sans-Culotte
("Thanks, Tom DeLay, for practically giving me your seat"-Nick Lampson)
To: Sans-Culotte
Kind of reminds me of the Texas A&M bonfire tragedy of 1999. There were no death threats, but a lot of Aggies and alums wanted the tradition to continue even though 12 students lost their lives when the logs collapsed. For some, tradition outweighs everything. Just FYI, most of the families of the Aggies who were killed, wanted the tradition to continue.
15 posted on
12/20/2006 11:48:07 AM PST by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: Sans-Culotte
Kind of reminds me of the Texas A&M bonfire tragedy of 1999. There were no death threats, but a lot of Aggies and alums wanted the tradition to continue even though 12 students lost their lives when the logs collapsed. For some, tradition outweighs everything.Absolutely nothing in common. I knew one of the kids killed in that tragedy. He was a friend of my children and was in the scout troop my wife ran, so please don't go there. He would have wanted it to go on. It's about community.
The spirit involved in continuing the A&M bonfire is much more akin to the emotions and issues in Matthew McConaughey 's We Are Marshall.
23 posted on
12/20/2006 11:59:09 AM PST by
Phsstpok
(Often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: Sans-Culotte
1) "Kinda," as you put it, is a synonym for "sorta" and "not exactly." Actually, there's no parallel at all between the two situations in any way.
2) You exhibit a dearth of knowledge as far as A&M bonfires go.
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