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To: Neocon who wrote (46527)	7/23/1999 9:03:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 108807

But can we ever be free of the implication that the people involved were worthless when such jokes are made? Possible. But remember that anyone reading the papers would get the impression that they were worth far more than the rest of us. It's also possible that the jokes are that little voice inside us reminding us that no matter what the masses are howling, these were people no better than anybody else.

To: Neocon who wrote (46527)	7/23/1999 9:30:00 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I do not see the implication that the people are worthless? The space shuttle crew that perished were not worthless- I don't now a single person who thought they were. But the jokes flew anyway. You are obviously making a judgment that such jokes show the subject was worthless- and then simply stating it as fact- and I think your BASIC proposition is wrong. These jokes never say, anywhere, that anyone was worthless. They are merely funny plays on words.

To: Neocon who wrote (46527)	7/23/1999 11:14:00 AM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

> But can we ever be free of the implication that the people involved were worthless when such jokes are made? < well YES. Of course. It becomes our duty as responsible adults to observe the compartment between a tasteless but un-malicious joke and any real judgment of the people involved. If we DON'T practice that sort of internal remove, that assumed discharge of "implication", we end up descending into a sort of PC Hell where most everybody is easily offended by an unauthorized opinion. Look. I bear no ill will toward JFK Junior. If you inspect my postings you'll see that I scrupulously avoided voicing any opinion over the media saturation campaign. I do believe that there is something at once hypocritical and quintessentially American at idolizing J Jr. as a victim. Let's face it - he wasn't a victim. He didn't make "a" mistake - he engaged in a chain of at least four reprehensible and sequential, cumulative overrides of sound judgment. He overpaid to be sure. But there should be no shock or surprise from smart, worldly folk that he got into a lethal bind. When you fly stupid, stuff happens. The real victims are his passengers. They deserve our unqualified sympathy imho. But for so many to vent their wrath on Steve for posting refreshing and cathartic bits of wonderfully awful humor is - well I disapprove, let's leave it at that. If we can't joke about dying, what is the fun in living> OK, this is my rant on the subject - I'll lie low until Feelies has emptied its colon of this particular bout of PC sentiment.