So you're saying he was a crazy selfish *******?
Didn't everyone know that?
How bout the time he threw Bill Murry, who was tied to a lawn chair, in the
swimming pool.
Still, one would have thought he might have been more creative, instead of
just doing n bad imitation of Hemingway.

Tom




"WillStG" wrote in message
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another viewer wrote:
no dear, the cowardly way to go out is terminally ill, plugged up to
every machine imaginable and wasting away time and money when the
inevitable is present.

Strawman. He was not terminally ill. The news accounts report he
had been saying for the last 2 years he "wanted to die before it
stopped being fun." He was afraid of growing old. And he shot himself
in the head with a 6 year old in the house, there is no excuse for
that.

planning and saying "i love you all, here is why this is happening
and
goodbye, the inevitable is going to happen on my terms" takes
fortitude
most people can't imagine.

That's not what happened either. And there is a big difference
between not being kept alive artificially and shooting yourself in the
head. The facts of Thompsosn's own words suggest he simply feared old
age, that he in fact succumbed to his inner fears. But I am fully
aware that some of you prefer to maintain a heroic mythology for people
you would idolize, even when they act in a manner that is blatantly and
obviously unworthy of such admiration.

But such is the nature of "True Believers".

Will Miho
NY Music and TV Audio Guy
Staff Audio / Fox News / M-AES
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits