Re: Is anyone wasting their time watching this funeral?
One can sympathize with his family, just as one sympathizes with the family of an Iraqi killed in Baghdad, a Nicaraguan killed in Nicaragua, a murderer executed in Texas, or ...
I however, dont get the respect in death bit. Either one respects him or one does not. The fact that he just died matters not one whit. I did not get funeral coverage when Di, Nixon, or anyone else died. It is one event that equalizes us all.
To take it a step further, when Saddam kicks the bucket some will show their respects for the man and others will spit on his grave. I doubt very much if Bush, you or I will offer condolences to his family, who no doubt are feeling the same sorrow being felt by Reagan's family.
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