Dropping Like Flies

[slappy]

I wonder if Vincent Gallo feels bad for wishing Roger Ebert got cancer. 

http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/gallo-regrets-roger-ebert-curse

[i am gay and i like cats]

for some reason i thought vincent gallo was one of the guys who made gallo wine.

[i am gay and i like cats]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/roger-ebert-and-roger-me

great story involving roger.

[Relaxer]

A guy I know ran into Ebert a long time ago and said "Fantastic Four was the bomb, my nigga!" And Ebert immediately replied "None of those things are true."

Best dude, I will miss him.

[RatBastard]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/roger-ebert-and-roger-me

great story involving roger.

As soon as I saw it had something done by Michael Moore I knew it was not worth wasting my time on.

[Relaxer]

That's exactly what I think when I see your name on a thread's "Last Post"

[RatBastard]

That's exactly what I think when I see your name on a thread's "Last Post"

That would require you being able to actually think.

[sweetcell]

That would require you being able to actually think.

coming from someone who regurgitates AM radio non-stop, that's some class B trolling. 

[RatBastard]

That would require you being able to actually think.

coming from someone who regurgitates AM radio non-stop, that's some class B trolling. 

I don't think I have listened to ANY radio in at least 25 years let alone AM.  I think maybe I listed to AM back in the late 60s or so.  Try again, maybe if you think hard you can say something that makes sense.  I have heard that every one in a while liberals actually do that, but usually it is by accident!

[i am gay and i like cats]

somebody died . . . now fuck off.

[Justin Tonation]

Thatcher

[azaghal1981]

Scottish musician Twitter is unreal right now. Never seen such an outpouring of glee for the death of somebody.

twitter.com/plasmatron
twitter.com/aidanjohnmoffat
twitter.com/mogwaiband

[hutch]

Thatcher is kind of Reagan; disagree almost universally with her politics but can't deny she was an effective leader

[James Ford]

And to them we say...

somebody died . . . now fuck off.

Scottish musician Twitter is unreal right now. Never seen such an outpouring of glee for the death of somebody.

twitter.com/plasmatron
twitter.com/aidanjohnmoffat
twitter.com/mogwaiband

[Justin Tonation]

And to them we say...

somebody died . . . now fuck off.

Scottish musician Twitter is unreal right now. Never seen such an outpouring of glee for the death of somebody.

twitter.com/plasmatron
twitter.com/aidanjohnmoffat
twitter.com/mogwaiband

Margaret Thatcher and misapplied death etiquette

There's something distinctively creepy - in a Roman sort of way - about this mandated ritual that our political leaders must be heralded and consecrated as saints upon death. This is accomplished by this baseless moral precept that it is gauche or worse to balance the gushing praise for them upon death with valid criticisms. There is absolutely nothing wrong with loathing Margaret Thatcher or any other person with political influence and power based upon perceived bad acts, and that doesn't change simply because they die. If anything, it becomes more compelling to commemorate those bad acts upon death as the only antidote against a society erecting a false and jingoistically self-serving history.