“...Rooney stated that he had been opposed to World War II because he was a pacifist. He recounted that what he saw in those concentration camps made him ashamed that he had opposed the war and permanently changed his opinions about whether “just wars” exist.”
He admitted he was wrong on at least one count, however, he never did find a cure for his constipation which made him an angry man and diarrhea, which endeared him to CBS, both that affected him, by turn, throughout his life
Was just going to post that. The lesson sure didn’t stick with him.
So apparently the German bombing and missile attacks on mostly civilian targets while he was in London didn’t phase him one bit.
I always remember a personal anonymous “ad” on the back page of The Village Voice that read something like this: “To Andy Rooney: I am only a waiter. I did not need to be treated like crap by you because you didn’t like your appetizer.”