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2016 Postmortem

Red Oak

(697 posts) Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:43 PM Feb 2016

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I will not say I'm glad Justice Scalia is dead.

That would not be right. I do not wish death on anyone.

However, I am glad he is no longer sitting on the U.S. Supreme court bench.

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I will not say I'm glad Justice Scalia is dead. (Original Post) Red Oak Feb 2016 OP

+1 orpupilofnature57 Feb 2016 #1

You don't have to wish him dead. He already is. Lint Head Feb 2016 #2

He may have had redeeming qualities in his personal life--or when he was younger... hlthe2b Feb 2016 #3

No need to wish death on anyone: we all go The Blue Flower Feb 2016 #4

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)

1. +1

Reply to Red Oak (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:45 PM

Feb 2016

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)

2. You don't have to wish him dead. He already is.

Reply to Red Oak (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:46 PM

Feb 2016

Now let the bigots and racists in power moan and knash their teeth.

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)

3. He may have had redeeming qualities in his personal life--or when he was younger...

Reply to Red Oak (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 06:47 PM

Feb 2016

but I will not deny relief that the poison he has released on the court and in our society has ended.

The Blue Flower

(5,442 posts)

4. No need to wish death on anyone: we all go

Reply to Red Oak (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 07:04 PM

Feb 2016

And we all get to feel however we want to about it.

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