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One less fevered ego tainting our collective unconscious. Good. This is really a pretty despicable attitude no matter where you're from. It's good that a perso

One less fevered ego tainting our collective unconscious. Good. This is really a pretty despicable attitude no matter where you're from. It's good that a person died because his ego won't trouble you any more? Are you serious? I saw some comments like this on reddit, but I didn't think for a million years I'd see it here.

LPTS 18y ago
Millions of people die each day. This in itself is neither good or bad. Death is not some horrible thing. It's not good because he won't trouble me. It's good because all the thousands of people Americans are basically torturing overseas have one less journalist giving the politicians responsible cover. It's good because the politicians like Cheney no longer can obscure shit like this http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=2444 http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=2444 by gaining respectability on his show. Which means that Americans will be slightly less likely to allow this outrageous abuse and torture to continue. Yeah. I'm glad Tim Russerts dead. I was elated all day. Why? Because I think torturing people is wrong and I think Tim Russert helped people who directly ordered that torture deceive the American people. I think he helped deceive america intentionally (I do not think he knew about the torture, though). To me, the thought that there is one less gasbag fooling my fellow americans into thinking goons like Cheney who order systematic torture are on the up and up is a great thing. I guess this makes me the one with the despicable attitude and questionable moral fabric. Go look at those pictures. Tim Russert helped the politicians who ordered that to happen. Now that he's dead, he can't do that. Yeah, I'm glad he's dead. Condolences to his family, though. And I saw the disgusting spectacle of people who's shock at being confronted with death made then lionize this person who was quite flawed everywhere. I didn't expect to find that here.
Prrometheus 18y ago
You would not have liked to see me when the death of Jerry Falwell was announced. Although it wasn't selfishness that prompted my glee on that occasion, rather that many other people would be spared pain from his blustering hatred and undue influence. A few graves in this world deserve to be danced on. Granted, Russert doesn't strike me as one that deserves it.
- LPTS 18y ago
  Russert and Falwell are two heads of the same hydra. Falwell's job was to enflame the masses into voting against their economic interests, and Russert's was to pretend to be legitimate to give the most powerful and corrupt people cover. The same guy was on the phone giving both of them their orders. Take another look at those pictures. Then google "Cathie Martin Meet The Press". Then, google "Meet the Press, Dick Cheney interview"
  - icey 18y ago
    Trash like this is why we shouldn't put politics or general news in a hacker news site.

LPTS 18y ago

Millions of people die each day. This in itself is neither good or bad. Death is not some horrible thing. It's not good because he won't trouble me. It's good because all the thousands of people Americans are basically torturing overseas have one less journalist giving the politicians responsible cover. It's good because the politicians like Cheney no longer can obscure shit like this http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=2444 http://www.antiwar.com/news/?articleid=2444 by gaining respectability on his show. Which means that Americans will be slightly less likely to allow this outrageous abuse and torture to continue. Yeah. I'm glad Tim Russerts dead. I was elated all day. Why? Because I think torturing people is wrong and I think Tim Russert helped people who directly ordered that torture deceive the American people. I think he helped deceive america intentionally (I do not think he knew about the torture, though). To me, the thought that there is one less gasbag fooling my fellow americans into thinking goons like Cheney who order systematic torture are on the up and up is a great thing. I guess this makes me the one with the despicable attitude and questionable moral fabric. Go look at those pictures. Tim Russert helped the politicians who ordered that to happen. Now that he's dead, he can't do that. Yeah, I'm glad he's dead. Condolences to his family, though. And I saw the disgusting spectacle of people who's shock at being confronted with death made then lionize this person who was quite flawed everywhere. I didn't expect to find that here.

Prrometheus 18y ago

You would not have liked to see me when the death of Jerry Falwell was announced. Although it wasn't selfishness that prompted my glee on that occasion, rather that many other people would be spared pain from his blustering hatred and undue influence. A few graves in this world deserve to be danced on. Granted, Russert doesn't strike me as one that deserves it.

LPTS 18y ago
Russert and Falwell are two heads of the same hydra. Falwell's job was to enflame the masses into voting against their economic interests, and Russert's was to pretend to be legitimate to give the most powerful and corrupt people cover. The same guy was on the phone giving both of them their orders. Take another look at those pictures. Then google "Cathie Martin Meet The Press". Then, google "Meet the Press, Dick Cheney interview"
- icey 18y ago
  Trash like this is why we shouldn't put politics or general news in a hacker news site.