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[bubbles83]

God, you guys write a lot. I didn't go online last night because my grandparents came over for dinner, then Heroes was on and then I got sucked into old family movies of my mom and her crazy family. So I go on today and I'm at skip 80. Not that I don't love it. I do. But I probably won't comment, because dudes, overwhelming. I'm a little frightened to check out my communities filter.

And I missed Jon and Stephen and I heard there was awesomeness.

It's Dan Patrick's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN! I love you! And if you keep talking about Keith showing up in only a bow, you can't blame me for my dirty thoughts.

Falwell died. Just thought you'd want to know.

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[nam-jai.livejournal.com]

Falwell died. Just thought you'd want to know.

I'm wondering if this will be one of those funerals where the media coverage implies we're now supposed to pretend we liked and even admired the person just because they're dead and famous (e.g., Nixon).

[bubbles83.livejournal.com]

Probably. He had a family and I guess I feel bad for them, but really, I think we're all a little better off now.

[nam-jai.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, on the level of personal loss for his family and friends, certainly his family would be rightfully mourning -- didn't mean to imply they shouldn't. I'm more thinking of enduring days of pundits going on about what a great man and spiritual leader he was, and it would be just not done to mention nutty things like gay Teletubbies.

For me, Nixon is the ultimate in this: When he died, there was all this yammering on about him being a great statesman, and it seemed to be in poor taste to bring up a little thing like Watergate.

But Nixon was a president. Maybe Falwell is too fringe and we won't be hearing too much in the way of posthumous plaudits!