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Ever seen a health nut get going on the death of the Marlboro Man from lung cancer? It isn't the suffering that gets people wound up, it's that darned poetic justice.

So are you saying that the health nut is justified in getting wound up about a death?

In neither case is it "poetic justice." Neither Corrie nor the Marlboro Man deserved to die for their stupid decisions. The fact that people celebrate Corrie's death here, so incessantly, so cruelly and tastelessly, even a year after the fact, cheapens FR.

Neither Corrie nor the Marlboro Man deserved to die for their stupid decisions.

Why not? If their stupid decisions led to their deaths, why wouldn't they deserve it?

The fact that people celebrate Corrie's death here, so incessantly, so cruelly and tastelessly, even a year after the fact, cheapens FR.

Here's a suggestion: stop reading them. People aren't spontaneously bringing up the subject. These threads start because a member of her family grabs another 15 minutes at her expense to talk about what a wonderful, giving, peace-loving creature she was. Her bad work goes on, and there's nothing the least wrong with pointing out the difference between the made-for-60-Minutes version and the truth.

I agree with you that the constant cackling about Rachel Corrie's demise is getting to be in gross poor taste. I don't agree regarding the 'deserve to die' bit.

Life's hard. It's harder when you're stupid. And briefer when you tempt fate. And bright or dumb, it's span is finite. Tempus Fugit. Memento Mori. Rachel Corrie's case calls to mind the young man challenging the tanks in Tian an Men Square ... with two crucial differences. 1) He survived; she did not. 2) He was opposing tyranny, oppression, and terrorism; she was supporting them. We account him a hero, her a goat. Why? Not because of what they did, but why they did it. He 'deserved' to die just as much as she did. He just got lucky. Her luck ran out. We often, particularly on this forum, make the ignorant and arrogant mistake of branding all our opponents 'cowards'. Whatever motivated Rachel Corrie, it was not cowardice. Call it courage, or at least fanaticism ... I find it tragic that such selfless devotion to principle and percieved duty was wasted on such a worthless and evil cause.

The fact that people celebrate Corrie's death here, so incessantly, so cruelly and tastelessly, even a year after the fact, cheapens FR.

Bingo.

I wonder how many of these cheerleaders for Rachel Corrie's death have complained about Palestinians celebrating the deaths of Americans in terrorist incidents?

Why is it that so many people check their Christian values at the door when it comes to the Middle East?