Why is this here? I'm a US citizen and I still don't think it ought to be.
Ted Kennedy has died
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Re: Ted Kennedy has died
#102So you're posting this here just in case hackers don't read newspapers?
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#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
The comment was probably in reference to the incident at Chappaquiddick rather than a suggestion that one would be more effective at saving lives as a lifeguard than as a Senator wielding enormous influence. In the version of events most favorable to Kennedy, he suffered a tragic lapse in judgment (failing to summon aid) which compounded the results of an unfortunate auto accident, and a young woman drowned as a resu…
Thanks for your clarification and insight:) Being born in 1981, I'll write my previous comment off to generational ignorance. I appreciate your thorough and thoughtful response.
The year you were born in can not be an excuse for ignorance on any level. Yesterday it was 'the holocaust was before my time', now this.
There are history books aplenty out there.
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#104I was in Mass General Hospital about a year ago on the exact day that Kennedy was. Strangely enough, I found out I had brain cancer too that night. Luckily, mine was not as serious as his. I feel fortunate.
Get well, Dan.
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#105Why is this here? I'm a US citizen and I still don't think it ought to be.
It shouldn't be, but politics is a religion for many who lean left. One of the biggest liberal names just passed away, so it's here. My comment is way out of line, but so is this submission, but that's what happens when politics is introduced.
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
Perhaps those of us that like Ted Kennedy weren't the ones bashing Michael Jackson? I'm inclined to forgive people their many, many errors. I see no harm in looking at a man's accomplishments and ignoring his failures. Michael Jackson was a man who changed the entertainment world. Ted Kennedy spent decades fighting for his causes without rest. Each did unpleasant things, but those things don't eliminate the good each…
He did pay one serious price in that incident made him unelectable as US President.
Given the free choice of X number of years in jail or not being able to become president, I have a feeling the vast majority of people being tried for the various forms of manslaughter, murder, etc. would be thrilled to choose the second. That's probably a solid sign that the punishment is not really all that comparable in magnitude.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
The point of the quote you are using is that judgement should be left to God and not man (the statement itself is kind of judgmental but I guess that's accepted because Jesus and God are both part of the trinity in Christianity). If you subscribe to that theory of life than more power to you. I do not. I have no problem passing judgement on someone who killed an innocent young woman and honestly my experience is that…
Do you not see any possible explanation for why a public figure such as Ted Kennedy would have wanted to walk away from the scene of that accident? Isn't it the most human response, to walk away ashamed of what you have done? Don't you think he regretted it, probably for the rest of his life? And now I would ask you, have you ever done anything you didn't intend to that you were ashamed of?
Most of those questions could probably be applied to anyone who was committed a crime.
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#108. (edit: I have nothing to say, and I'm saying it. You don't have to upvote it but it isn't meant as a comment to be downvoted either, just an acknowledgment).
What value does an empty comment add to the conversation?
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
Right on. Those of us outside the states just don't care that one of your politicians died - unless he was a competent computer expert. I come here for "Hacker News", not political death notices. Shall I post here when a long-serving New Zealand politician dies?
As an Australian, I care. The influence of America on the rest of the world, particularly insignificant antipodean islands like yours and mine, is massive and the death of Democratic Senator #60 (I'm counting the two independents where they caucus) has potentially large consequences for the power struggle in Washington. That's it's Teddy Kennedy, long-time driver of Health Care reform at a time when that's either the…
It's not hacker news. If you want the nytimes you know where to find it. This post is pollution.
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#110He did the seeming impossible: he lived up to the reputation of his brothers as their equal. An amazing senator. A very great loss.
While Ted was a pretty cool guy, eh garnered appropriations and doesn't afraid of anything , I don't think anyone could really live up to his brothers. John was an order of magnitude greater, and Bobby was at least an order of magnitude greater than that! Bobby was everything Obama aspires to be and more. His assassination was probably the worst event of '68 -- and a fuckton of awful shit happened that year: the crus…
and Bobby was at least an order of magnitude greater than that
How in hell did you arrive at that? What's next...Edsel Ford an order of magnitude greater than Henry? Is nepotism really that powerful?