Comment Re:You aren't going to like me for this... (Score 1) 348
You're right, I don't particularly like you for this. In fact, having signed onto this forum in the wake of losing my close friend MK in the way that I did, I'm not really pleased with much of what's being posted here.
The cold notion that you, or anyone could or should examine this tragedy, analyze it as "data" in order to "learn" from it in the way your post suggests is upsetting. Mary Kay's husband and her family *know* why she did what she did, and it's not a fit topic for your speculation, IMHO. But of course My Humble Opinion won't stop you from making an intellectual exercise out of it, and stroking your chin and making pronouncements as if you had one clue in hell of what really went on.
In the weeks and months to come, her family will actually be trying to bring to light those reasons specifically to help others in the same straits Mary Kay found herself in, to raise funds and awareness, and possibly save a life or two. What others who've responded to your post have said is true: They aren't trying to say let's ignore what happened, merely expressing the hope that SP's right-wing critics won't sieze upon Mary Kay's death as some kind of whacked evidence justifying their insect-brained POV. Anyway, forgive my hostility. I'm a bit close to the whole thing, and I lack the objectivity that would doubtless make it possible for me to dissect my friend's guts so that mankind can benefit.
The cold notion that you, or anyone could or should examine this tragedy, analyze it as "data" in order to "learn" from it in the way your post suggests is upsetting. Mary Kay's husband and her family *know* why she did what she did, and it's not a fit topic for your speculation, IMHO. But of course My Humble Opinion won't stop you from making an intellectual exercise out of it, and stroking your chin and making pronouncements as if you had one clue in hell of what really went on.
In the weeks and months to come, her family will actually be trying to bring to light those reasons specifically to help others in the same straits Mary Kay found herself in, to raise funds and awareness, and possibly save a life or two. What others who've responded to your post have said is true: They aren't trying to say let's ignore what happened, merely expressing the hope that SP's right-wing critics won't sieze upon Mary Kay's death as some kind of whacked evidence justifying their insect-brained POV. Anyway, forgive my hostility. I'm a bit close to the whole thing, and I lack the objectivity that would doubtless make it possible for me to dissect my friend's guts so that mankind can benefit.
