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I'm honestly taken aback at the poor taste of this comment. The dude adopted a cute puppy and cared for it. That's not a good reason to be murdered. I don't

I'm honestly taken aback at the poor taste of this comment. The dude adopted a cute puppy and cared for it. That's not a good reason to be murdered. I don't know exactly when this happened, but tensions were high after the Cuban missile crisis, and a peace offering in the form of a cuddly creature to love doesn't really seem terrible to me.

kazinator 4y ago
> not a good reason to be murdered Nobody said it was; and he wasn't murdered for any good reason.
- serf 4y ago
  but what was the point in what you said? do you really think that the decision to own that dog had some sway in his assassination? why? What you said just comes off as a snide comment about someone murdered that you didn't care for, which is to say that I think the comment was low-quality and purposely inflammatory. >and he wasn't murdered for any good reason. do you have some insider insight you'd like to share with the class?
  - kazinator 4y ago
    > do you really think that the decision to own that dog had some sway in his assassination Not the dog directly, but it's indicative of an attitude. It was okay for that US President to be keeping some dog or any other form of gift from the Cold War enemy side. Look at what Shinzo Abe got murdered over: a personal vendetta over his ties to the Unification Church. All it takes is one whacko, that's all I'm basically saying. (No inflammation was intended and I didn't see one, luckily; in any case, I'm not about to participate in some flame war, let alone on this kind of topic. Actually, I had been about to delete the comment myself, but my attention was taken away and I became busy. My 10 minute posting delay went by, and someone replied to it. I not only don't like my comment, but the whole topic area. Anyway, having it thankfully flagged isn't deletion, but better than nothing.)

kazinator 4y ago

> not a good reason to be murdered Nobody said it was; and he wasn't murdered for any good reason.

serf 4y ago
but what was the point in what you said? do you really think that the decision to own that dog had some sway in his assassination? why? What you said just comes off as a snide comment about someone murdered that you didn't care for, which is to say that I think the comment was low-quality and purposely inflammatory. >and he wasn't murdered for any good reason. do you have some insider insight you'd like to share with the class?
- kazinator 4y ago
  > do you really think that the decision to own that dog had some sway in his assassination Not the dog directly, but it's indicative of an attitude. It was okay for that US President to be keeping some dog or any other form of gift from the Cold War enemy side. Look at what Shinzo Abe got murdered over: a personal vendetta over his ties to the Unification Church. All it takes is one whacko, that's all I'm basically saying. (No inflammation was intended and I didn't see one, luckily; in any case, I'm not about to participate in some flame war, let alone on this kind of topic. Actually, I had been about to delete the comment myself, but my attention was taken away and I became busy. My 10 minute posting delay went by, and someone replied to it. I not only don't like my comment, but the whole topic area. Anyway, having it thankfully flagged isn't deletion, but better than nothing.)