I urge restraint and respect concerning President Reagan's death

[ShaneGR]

May he rest in peace.

[DrWeird]

1. May he burn in hell.

Fuck the bastard.

[Raskolnik]

15. Be better than them!

Be better than that.

[agingdem]

21. Better than whom?

Granted, Alzheimers is a tragic disease and the family sufferers more than the patient. Given that, let's not get so maudlin as to canonize the guy...he was a lousy president who "couldn't remember" Iran-Contra and he had a lousy VP (Bush I) who was "out of the loop" when, in fact, he WAS the loop.

[Raskolnik]

24. Be better!

Be better than those we loathe.

Having sypathy for a person's horrible suffering isn't "canonizing" them...its having basic human decency.

[evil_orange_cat]

18. right on...

death doesn't mean I should respect a bad person... respect is earned in life by being a good person.

[Endangered Specie]

22. Respect is something any human should have for a greiving family...

Do you want to lower yourself to the level of people who celebrated the death of Paul Wellstone?

[Raskolnik]

25. No, you're wrong.

Human decency isn't something you have to earn. You get it by being human.

I think that is what separates us from the current leaders of this country. Don't be like them.

[rumguy]

2. He was an old man with a horrible disease

And he was a fellow human being.

May he rest in peace.

[mopaul]

4. my grandpa died of the same disease, but he wasn't an asshole

i don't see why we have to love his awful ass just because of how he died, it's a disconnect. it's like people are trying to make this all an alzheimers issue instead of a reagan was an asshole issue.

[leyton]

5. It's not because of the way he died. It's a matter of respect...

for the dead, for a President, for humans.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

19. Feel free to respect whoever you want, but don't tell me who to respect.

[rumguy]

8. it's a biblical (religous/spiritual) thing

either you get it or you don't...

[leyton]

23. Ditto. eom

:)

[Cascadian]

9. My grandpa died the same way too.

I am sorry but I cannot show any respect to a man who ushered in the unbridled out of control, trickle down economics that has created more poor people. A man who fired air-traffic controllers. A man who helped Saddam Hussein get WMD's and use it on innocent people. No I have no respect and Reagan is not a hero! My grandfather was a hero to me!

[Trajan]

3. I disagreed with Reagan in almost ALL cases .... that being said ...

Fare Well, Dutch ... You were wrong .... but Fare well ...

[thebaghwan]

6. Reagan's strippimg the nation's meantal health system led to my sister

committing suicide when she could no longer get the help she needed and could never afford.

Fuck that respect shit. You call a piece of shit, a piece of shit.

May he burn in hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lefty48197]

7. It's too bad he didn't practice restraint or respect during his life

.

[Myra]

10. Glad he died well before the GOP convention

And got it over with so they can't milk it as much.
Good riddance to the father of the neo-radical rich movement.

And I say that with all due restraint and respect.

Besides, he'd already bucked the odds by surviving old Bush's
coup attempt.

[Snoggera]

11. I am using restraint

and I refuse to respect that which I loathe.

Why respect that which has destroyed the dreams of millions? I can understand why children who are abused think kindly of their abuser, but I am an adult with self-understanding. I don't have to play that game.

[Cascadian]

13. I never mourned when Nixon died.

And I shall show the same courtesy now that Reagan is gone.

John

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

12. As I said in another thead...

...if anyone should burn in hell, it's the people who voted for him. Twice.

[Amaya]

14. My condolences to the family...

that's all I'm gonna say

[Zomby Woof]

16. NO

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1725938

FUCK REAGAN.

[Whitacre D_WI]

17. I am showing restraint by not dancing in the streets.

[Forkboy]

20. ok ok

I wont piss on his grave.Happy now?