[lbo-talk] Re:reagan

John Thornton jthorn65 at mchsi.com
Sat Jun 5 18:20:30 PDT 2004



>And recall that two of his kids, Patti and Ron Jr., were very left of center
>& openly opposed to the old man's regime (read Paul Krassner on his
>friendship with R Jr.). Would any of you gloat in front of them while they
>mourn their father's death?
>
>DP

Just because it would be inappropriate to "gloat" in front of the deceased's children hardly makes it inappropriate everywhere. This is just a silly argument. If you think it's always incorrect to celebrate anyone's death that fine but that's not your argument here. You could publicly criticize US policy as being a catalyst for 9/11 but would you throw it in the face of a child that lost her parent at the Trade Center? Same thing applies in this instance to a degree.

John Thornton



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