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like i said originally. I'm NEVER happy when someone dies, honestly. It's a life and i've always believed that life is precious.
for falwell, my only conflicting sense was that value of life coupled with my disgust for the man. He was American, I am American, most of the 'anti Americans' people label are indeed American. I don't like what my country does sometimes, i don't like what people in my country do sometimes, but we are all here, all Americans. I just think we can do a better job. Falwell, on the other hand, had the power to bring people together, and he did, but only those people who agreed with his stance and viewpoints.
He could have been a MUCH better American if he'd simply kept his hate filled rhetoric out of the airwaves. I admit that he made me take an interest in things he was against, so maybe he did unite groups of people, but he united them against other groups of people who should not be fighting. In a time when Americans were distraught over the massive loss of life, does he call people together in love or to pray for families lost, or to just unite for the common good...No, he calls people together to lay blame at a group of Americans' feet. He did apologize for it, but i assure you, that apology did not get the airtime that the original speech did. He offended groups of Americans in a time when we needed a healing voice.
What's sad is that he COULD have been one of the most uniting figures in the 20th century, but he just couldn't get over his hatred of his fellow humans..
it's disgusting, immoral and unchristian.
and that's why i'm conflicted about his death.
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Live.
Chris
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