So where do we, "the people of FR," draw the line?
Would we be saying nice words and praying for, say, Senator Edward Kennedy if it were he who was undergoing brain surgery now?
Seems to me it would be pretty hard for most of us at FR to send ol' Ted "best wishes."
Granted, Tim Johnson probably never ran from the scene of an accident and left a woman alone to die. But suppose for the sake of argument that Tim Johnson and Ted Kennedy have similar voting records. If they do, that would mean Johnson had voted for some very evil things.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying we should be un-gracious, or gleeful like DUmmies are when a Republican suffers. But I don't think we should be sanctimonious either.
Wishing for someone's death should be left to the very few, the arch criminals who represent a clear and present danger to the planet, or who have committed capital crimes in the past, and great human suffering. Kennedy does not fit into that category. He is simply a political opponent. It is way beyond my pay grade to go there, and I find it wrong, and beneath one's dignity. It is an act of dehumanization.
Wow...if anyone needs our prayers it's Teddy Kennedy...that guy has really strayed.
To criticize another for appearing to wish someone death is hardly being sanctimonious in my book.
Evidently the mods agree. #608 has been removed.
If it was Ted Kennedy, I would just flat out wouldn't comment.