Falwell Dead

[DYNAMITE]

Originally posted by Odee
I don't know Storch.  From reading the postings, it's pretty obvious they missed his 50+ years of dedication, and devotion to the Christian cause, only to land, as liberals do, on the bad, and misconceptions they were indoctrinated with in the first place...

and this PTL carp?  Blame the lawyers, for the disbursment of funds... not Jim Falwell.

Dedication is all it takes for a WTG? I can think of plenty of people in history that were "dedicated" to their particular causes - and not all of them are remembered fondly.

Isn't it ironic that Falwell's dedication to the "Christian Cause" led him to make so many unchristian statements?  It's sad actually.

So much for loving the sinner and hating the sin...  

And to be clear... I'm not jumping up and down that the guy is dead... but I will own up and agree that my first post was pretty callous.  I never cared for the man and how he went about fighting his battles.  I said so when he was alive, and I see no reason to stop saying so now that he has passed away.

[Sandman]

Okay... so I giggled... just a bit.

I'm a horrible human being.

[storch]

I'm accountable for my acts as we all are individually and only the Lord knows the individual heart.  I will tell you to your face or in print what I have to say while you are yet living.  after you are gone I have nothing to say about you that would be considered bad by me.  

the people who make derogatory statements about the dead are cowards.  that perception applies to even osama bin ladin at the time of his passing.  I might curse him now but I won't if he is dead, there is no point to it.

I was equally appalled at the commentary I read on this BBS concerning ana nicole smith at the time of her demise.

some of you guys need a good asswhipping it seems you have long been deprived of one.

[Sandman]

There's nothing special about being dead.

[storch]

there you have the classic cowardly response.

[Sandman]

How's the view from that high horse?

[-CodyC]

Originally posted by storch
after you are gone I have nothing to say about you that would be considered bad by me.  

that perception applies to even osama bin ladin at the time of his passing.  

[storch]

much better than the one some people have while scratching with the hens I suppose.

[rpm]

Interesting...

The Reverend Jerry Falwell and I were arch enemies for fifteen years. We became involved in a lawsuit concerning First Amendment rights and Hustler magazine. Without question, this was my most important battle - the l988 Hustler Magazine, Inc., v. Jerry Falwell case,where after millions of dollars and much deliberation, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in my favor.

My mother always told me that no matter how much you dislike a person, when you meet them face to face you will find characteristics about them that you like. Jerry Falwell was a perfect example of that. I hated everything he stood for, but after meeting him in person, years after the trial, Jerry Falwell and I became good friends. He would visit me in California and we would debate together on college campuses. I always appreciated his sincerity even though I knew what he was selling and he knew what I was selling.

The most important result of our relationship was the landmark decision from the Supreme Court that made parody protected speech, and the fact that much of what we see on television and hear on the radio today is a direct result of my having won that now famous case which Falwell played such an important role in.

- Larry Flynt

[Roscoroo]

Every now and then there is an Ultimate Song to fit the occasion

[evenhaim]

<---SUPERJEW

[JB88]

Originally posted by rpm
Interesting...

wher'd you get that quote RPM?

[AWMac]

Things I was taught....

Never laugh at the dead.

Never kick a good man down, especially if he's dead.

You are NOT GOD, you have no right to judge others.

Treat others as you would want to be treated, in Life and in Death.

If you are without sin then pick up and cast the first stone, otherwise STFU.

Change shoes with the one you ridicule...  How far can you walk?

No matter what you felt of Falwell or anyone else, who are you to Judge?

Get this, Soon someday you'll be where he is now... Passed over to the other side...Who Judges YOU then?

Mac

[DYNAMITE]

Originally posted by storch
I'm accountable for my acts as we all are individually and only the Lord knows the individual heart.  I will tell you to your face or in print what I have to say while you are yet living.  after you are gone I have nothing to say about you that would be considered bad by me.  

the people who make derogatory statements about the dead are cowards.  that perception applies to even osama bin ladin at the time of his passing.  I might curse him now but I won't if he is dead, there is no point to it.

I was equally appalled at the commentary I read on this BBS concerning ana nicole smith at the time of her demise.

some of you guys need a good asswhipping it seems you have long been deprived of one.

Storch... you have some interesting takes on things.  I'll give you that.  But I have to disagree with your plan to cease all discussion of an individual after they've gone (but only if you mention the negative aspects of their lives)... that is pure folly.  

The life of the Rev. Falwell should be remembered... the good, and the bad... if only for others to learn from him.  This was a man that brought together hundreds of thousands of people... but to do so he alienated millions.  Why?  How?  And to what end?  In order to do that people need to evaluate who he was, warts and all.  To do so is a normal reaction to any significant event, and no it is not cowardly.  

If anything, clamming up and denying who you are and what you believe just because someone has passed is cowardly... because clearly such a person doesn't have the stones to stand up and be accounted for.

[Sixpence]

Hmmm, I wonder if there would be any nagative posts if one of the Clintons died...






nah!