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There has to be a moral to this story. Here is a guy who faced death daily in Iraq. He comes home and drives on America' roadways and dies in his first weekend home. Does fate have justice?
There's always this big assumption that the universe has to make sense.
Why does it have to make sense?
In ancient rome, ceasars used to lead triumphant parades in war chariot celebrating great military victories and standing behind him would be a slave wispering into his ear over and over "all glory is fleeting". Gung fu-tse (confuscius) had a saying "Fame, like the wind disappears into thin air".
That's a weird way to gain noteriety: die accidentally after being accidentally associated with an unrelated news story. Are the news media starved for real news?
You bet. Its the "silly season". Any newshound or copy editor could tell you that. For such an old fart you don't seem to know much.
This is damn sad. My commiserations to the family.
I guess pvn can't identify rhetorical questions.
It's a coverup of the fact that the rescue was partially staged for TV. Expect other vets from than operation to start dying in accidents. ;)
Re #3, Full version "For over a thousand years, Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of a triumph -- a tumultuous parade. In the procession came trumpeters and musicians and strange animals from the conquered territories, together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments. The conqueror rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes his children, robed in white, stood with him in the chariot, or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror, holding a golden crown, and whispering in his ear a warning: that all glory is fleeting." Re#8, Wag the dog?
Btw, isn't every death equally sad?? Ok ... except maybe baby killers. rapists and the like.
And people dying from painful diseases, people who have lived too long, infants that were born way too soon. The list goes on. I liked Scott's #8.
Re #10: Logically, that's probably true. But the fact is we mourn some people more than others. For the extreme example, consider Princess Diana or any of the members of the Kennedy family that have died.
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re#9: Very good. I'm impressed.
I'm starting to grow leary of cars these days. Lost two friends (close ones at that) in car accidents. Moral of the story for me... same as always... seize the day! :) Eat the cake first... life is too short! Be well everyone! >octor <lu /|\ Atari TT 030 User
Army 'error' led to Lynch capture "An Iraqi ambush in which 11 American soldiers died and six, including Private Jessica Lynch, were captured occurred because of mistakes and malfunctions, a report from the US army has concluded." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3055515.stm "The report also says that Private Lynch received her injuries when the Humvee jeep she was riding in was hit by gunfire and slammed into a truck - not in a dogged last-stand fire fight with the enemy as some media reports had suggested."
(Re #15: I visit a place called "Eisenhower Center" every week. Several buildings full of people who suffered serious brain damage in car crashes. Walking through there can definately make you leary of cars.)
Re #17: You mean "leery". "Leary" is a guy that the Moody Blues had a song about and neglected to freeze himself, if I recall correctly. Since I'm no fan of brain damage (saw a sad case yesterday, at a restaurant), I'm glad that I have an automobile for transport instead of a horse. What I know of the dangers of horses and what they did when they were the major mode of locomotion is truly scary.
And to my knowledge any yahoo who could afford a horse was legally allowed to just hop onto the beast and ride off. No licencing, insurance requirements, registration, or any such thing. There wasn't even an age limit. Or was this all the case? I suppose I could be wrong here...
Probably not. I wonder these days. At the very least the byproduct of a parked horse is probably littering and possibly a hazmat situation.
Re #19: Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's true. It was also true of cars, at first.
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