Clearly you missed my points. Considering how you write, I am not surprised by this.
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Even though Sir Lance-alot tried to save face...
What did I write to demonstrate that I was "trying to save face" ??
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I don't think that you can after comparing Gerry Lindgren to George Bush and the deaths of "1000's and 1000's". ...
Maybe tonight when you sit at your round table you can draw a parallel between Bode Miller and Hitler.
Did I really compare Lindgren to Bush? No, I did not. And since you apparently think comparing Lindgren to Bush is like comparing Bode Miller to Hitler, I guess YOU are comparing Bush to Hitler? Hey, I don't like Bush, but it appears that YOU are the one guilty of hyperbolic comparisons/analogies, not I !
I, in fact, said that "obviously" my examples(of Bush, or a child rapist) were examples of crimes much "WORSE" than anything that Lindgren to did his kids. I guess you missed that part. And I did this (brought up worse crimes) on purpose. BECAUSE......the argument that QuCassidy was really making was NOT whether or not Lindgren's sins were particularly bad, but whether one can judge another's sins...AT ALL. Understand?? Too subtle of a difference for your jester mind? And in fact, since Mr Cassidy was indeed making that point that we should NEVER judge another human......than in fact your bringing up of Hitler is useful. Since, according to Cassidy and some others, one should never judge another person, should we all shut our mouths about Hitler and say: "you know, that Hitler, he was a great leader and speaker. And maybe we should concentrate on those strenghts of his, instead of bringing up those trying-to-take-over-the-world and genocide things he did. Until you walk in another man's shoe's, don't judge...." Hey, it CASSIDY's argument, NOT MINE, an YOU bought up Hitler, NOT ME. But since we've gone down that road, what do you, Mr Entertainment, think of that argument, that under no circumstances should we judge another? Do you agree? If you do not.....then I guess Gerry Lindgren, along with every other human on this plaent, is fair game for criticism. And then becomes a matter of DEGREE of sin and DEGREE of mitigating circumstances when judging someone. Some think Gerry's sins are not very large, and very excusable due to his apparent child traumas and apparent mental instability. So be it..... Others think that Gerry took the easy way out and escaped responsibility and ran like a coward, to continue the cycle of pain that is involved in "growing up Lindgren."
Lastly, there is the question(which I briefly touched upon), that QCassidy also rests his case on in defending Gerry, which is: when someone is a genius at something (like Gerry at running) and an inspiration to millions, then we should forget about his sins. Others want to judge such geniuses no differently than anyone else they might have heard of who had done the same to his family. Others want to judge him all the MORE harshly due to his hero standing (yes, people like to find faults in heroes). And I admit that this can be a complicated matter. For instance, look at Kurt Cobain. I loved his music, and he brought joy to millions. But he was an extremely troubled guy, who was hooked on heroin and eventually blew his head off even though he had a young child who clearly needed him. Do I excuse his actions? No. But it does it lessen my appreciation of his music. No. But if someone bashed Kurt Cobain the PERSON....for leaving his family alone, and for being a drug addict, I would say: 'sure, maybe we will never know what it would be like to be in KURT'S SHOES.....but all the same, go ahead and bash, because he made the wrong coward's decision to die. He could have/should have struggled on. Kurt Cobain the perons was indeed a failure. Kurt Cobain the musician was a genius and inspiration, and maybe without first part of him(failed person), there could have been the other part(genius artist).
And so the same applies to Gerry Lindgren: he was a running genius and inspiration to millions, but he failed at the MORE IMPORTANT tests in life. But one can still love and idolize his running, it certainly deserves that. And maybe, as the same with Kurt, Gerry could not have been the runner he was without the mindset that simultaneously drove him to be the person he was. Who knows.....