[djaque]

Rush Limbaugh hosted a regular segment on his show where he would read off the names of gay men that died of AIDS and celebrate it with bells and horns in the background.

I'm not one to celebrate people's death, but I will sleep a little easier tonight knowing that he now belongs in the past.

[ggm]

Yes, I think this kind of behaviour invites what (some) Scots people continue to do, regarding Margaret Thatcher. Which is actually, to celebrate their death.

I celebrated Albert Speer's death. Nothing said by any historian subsequent to the trial(s) makes me think he truly accepted what he had done, and what he helped happen.

I celebrated Pinochet, and Franco dying. I wish they'd died sooner.

Because of the ZA truth and reconciliation process, I have markedly more charity for the white south african political leaders who helped do something truly impressive: A flawed, but none the less important process for grieving families to learn what really happened.

A lot of people in my political sphere struggle with Mugabe who, like Rush was fiercly anti-gay, as well as a complete savage monster. Nobody much mourns Idi Amin.

Yet we let Tony Blair parade his wit and wisdom, who allowed a completely corrupted process to determine his nations role in a very un-just war, and we tolerate his attorney-general Goldsmith, who equivocated on it with bad advice. Strange. Blair should be in prison.