Jerry Falwell is dead Options

[The Fanatic]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/15/jerry.falwell/index.html


Good riddance

[impala454]

well apparently to the first few posters, when someone who doesn't share their beliefs dies it's a time to celebrate.

[JRockTTU]

well apparently to the first few posters, when someone who doesn't share their beliefs dies it's a time to celebrate.

Just to play devil's advocate: You seem like a very conservative person (understatement), what were your sentiments when Saddam was hanged? What about when Iraqi insurgents are killed by our troops?

[impala454]

Just to play devil's advocate: You seem like a very conservative person (understatement), what were your sentiments when Saddam was hung. What about when Iraqi insurgents are killed by our troops?

So you're comparing Saddam and Iraqi insurgents to Jerry Falwell. People who are mass murderers vs someone who just says some stuff some people don't agree with. I understand where you're coming from, and yes I am glad that Saddam recieved the punishment he did, and glad our troops are killing the enemy, rather than the enemy killing them. I'm not really sure what being conservative has to do with any of it though, unless you're assuming liberals weren't happy to see Saddam go, or insurgents killed (which actually could be fairly questionable, considering their actions in congress so far). Especially considering that all over the media, even people who were fierce opponents of Falwell, had decent sentiments of him and had thoughts and/or prayers for his family. The only real place I've seen the pointless hatred was on here, or other places of insignificant hatred and fear of Christianity.

Do I agree with what the man had to say? No, but I think it's pretty childish and of poor taste to pay the man "good riddance".

[JRockTTU]

So you're comparing Saddam and Iraqi insurgents to Jerry Falwell. People who are mass murderers vs someone who just says some stuff some people don't agree with. I understand where you're coming from, and yes I am glad that Saddam recieved the punishment he did, and glad our troops are killing the enemy, rather than the enemy killing them. I'm not really sure what being conservative has to do with any of it though, unless you're assuming liberals weren't happy to see Saddam go, or insurgents killed (which actually could be fairly questionable, considering their actions in congress so far). Especially considering that all over the media, even people who were fierce opponents of Falwell, had decent sentiments of him and had thoughts and/or prayers for his family. The only real place I've seen the pointless hatred was on here, or other places of insignificant hatred and fear of Christianity.

Do I agree with what the man had to say? No, but I think it's pretty childish and of poor taste to pay the man "good riddance".

Like I said, playing devil's advocate. I think it's in poor taste to cheer on another person's death. Even if they were not a good human being, they leave behind family members and people that cared for them that mourn the loss. I really do not care at all for Falwell, Jackson, Sharpton and their ilk, as I see them mostly as opportunistic sharks that use religion (and race for Jackson and Sharpton) to put themselves in a place of celebrity and power.

If people want to cheer on the death of someone, that's their right to be tactless.

PS: I myself hold mostly conservative viewpoints, so the conservative thing isn't a jab, just an observation. With their support of the war and death penalty, conservatives are more likely to approve of any execution, especially Saddam's.