Some of you may insult, or be amused by your comments. Gary would have laughed at the comedic ones himself.
Consider, mind you, with his political views he’d be very close to many of you who post on Free Republic. With some of the stories he used to send out over his various mailing lists, chances are he was a closet FReeper.
His dislike of Hillary Clinton rivaled that of some of those posting here. He supported the troops, but he also was a strong advocate of libertarian ideals of freedom of speech.
As pointed out, Gary was happily married at the time of his passing, and had six children between this marriage and his previous one.
Losing both William F Buckley and E Gary Gygax in a span of less than a week is really disheartening to someone who listened to both.
Yes, I was on his mailing list.
His political views developed over time.
When I first met him, he considered himself a libertarian. I spent the past few years persuading him that social morales were a necessary function for any free society’s survival.
With Ron Paul’s traitorous stand with respect to the War on Iraq, I believe he came around to seeing my point of view.
There were few, almost no political stands where he and I diverged.
I’m going to miss him.