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To: Cogito who wrote (46711)	1/24/2008 9:48:21 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541958

IMO bravery happens on all sides of the "good/bad" continuum. One man's brave can be another man's stupid, evil, or foolhardy. Brave just means (imo) you have little regard for your personal safety- but I do think you have to be conscious of danger- because being so crazy you don't realize you are in danger, abrogates one's ability to be brave. I think you can say someone is brave without admiring them. I think a lot of bravery is pretty stupid. Evil Knievel was brave. I certainly don't admire him, and I think abusing your body like that is pretty stupid. Know what I mean? I think people are conditioned to think certain words are black and white, and I just don;t think words are like that. There may be positive connotations with some words, but it's not like it's written in stone.

To: Cogito who wrote (46711)	1/24/2008 11:15:42 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541958

Allen- The only emotion I ever had concerning Bill Maher was to think how stupid and insensitive it is to be saying such a thing on the air. It's a point just not worth making, except perhaps at cocktail party of sympathetic friends, after a few martinis. The event was so horrendous and cruel that it seems utterly unseemly to make a pedantic effort to find something good to say about the perpetrators. Even now.