[Hildy]

Nobody is speaking ill of David Bloom...see how the facts get turned around? It's a tragedy, everyone agrees a man who dies in the prime of his life is a horrible, horrible thing. But that isn't what this thread is about.

[tiredoflurking]

I respectfully beg to differ. See post 26. The suggestion is that he committed suicide and willfully put his family's future at risk. This is what I was referring to. That may not be what you intended this thread to be about, but there's no controlling how others will respond.

I've learned the hard, painful way that if you choose to take offense at things you know in your heart were not meant to be offensive, you can really wear yourself down. I don't think Bill O'Reilly's comment was meant to be offensive to anyone.