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NirvanaMan 04-21-2008 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket (Post 203348)
Why should someone dying mean that automatically one should show some respect towards them?


I actually completely agree with this.

wendybeth 04-21-2008 07:51 PM

I do as well. I hate postmortem hypocrisy. If someone was a bitch or a dick while they were alive, things don't change just because they died.

That said, I can separate the man from his politics. I loved Charlton Heston, mainly because of his films. Never knew the man personally, but he doesn't sound horrible- he had his beliefs and he was free to express them.

Not Afraid 04-21-2008 08:06 PM

Did he die AGAIN? Stay DEAD, man!

BarTopDancer 04-21-2008 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid (Post 205810)
Did he die AGAIN? Stay DEAD, man!

Someone better make sure Regan and Pope JP are still dead.

As a side note, we paid tribute to "Moses" at our Sedar. Our story of Passover involved guns this year. And hockey. But mostly guns. and hockey.

scaeagles 04-21-2008 08:27 PM

I think often times death causes reexamination of accomplishments in a more complete way. For example, Nixon was hailed postmortem as a foreign policy genius regardless of Watergate.

wendybeth 04-21-2008 08:29 PM

How sad, then - to have such lofty accomplishments overshadowed by such horrible crimes. Sorry, Scaeagles- but he really was a Dick.:p

innerSpaceman 04-21-2008 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer (Post 205815)
As a side note, we paid tribute to "Moses" at our Sedar. Our story of Passover involved guns this year. And hockey. But mostly guns. and hockey.

And of course, we had a healthy dose of Chuck Heston at ours. Love me some Moses.


(And how am I ever going to re-edit the Ten Commandments Greatest Hits DVD to include Anne Baxter's immortal "Moses, Moses, Mosssesss" by next year??? Oi.)


:p

Not Afraid 04-21-2008 09:31 PM

Moses Moses MOSSSESSSS!

I've been saying that ALL DAY LONG!

SacTown Chronic 04-22-2008 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by NirvanaMan (Post 205804)
Being an activist shouldn't be considered an insult.

You used it as an insult:

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His politics were honorable in a industry overwhelmed by the activist left.
Then again, maybe you simply meant that Heston's politics were even more honorable than the "activist left". But I doubt it.

Cadaverous Pallor 04-22-2008 07:32 AM

We mentioned Heston at our Seder too, of course, complete with awful impersonation.


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