[AlphaGamDiva]

i took the purpose of this thread to just be an announcing of a famous man's passing....like other threads have been.....

to me, it is out of respect for his life and the good things he accomplished rather than focusing on his past wrongs for why ppl shouldn't come on here with all their "good ridance." i know you weren't directly comparing sen thurmond to hitler, but just as a sidenote on that.......thurmond did do some wonderful things for this country.....hitler, kinda, didn't do anything good for his country. yes, thurmond made his mistakes and no one on here is saying he was right in those words/actions.....all some ppl are asking, myself included, is to show a bit of respect for a life that is gone. a life that did do good deeds in this country, a life that changed for the better as far as racism is concerned, and a life that impacted and helped so many others.

i just don't see a thread announcing someone's DEATH as a place to bash and criticize. but that may be just me.....