Grave Dancing

grave-dancing.PNGI wasn’t a fan of his, but I didn’t really think he was a monster either. What ever happened to “you don’t tug on Superman’s cape, spit into the wind, pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger, mess around with Jim, or dance on someone’s grave?”

I’d like to think that when I die, no one will dance on my grave. But there’s probably someone out there who will.

“No more stinky glasses, no more stinky glasses!” they’ll joyfully bleat as they stomp and strut around my grave like a barnyard animal, stirring up a cloud of dust from the freshly dug dirt.

6 Comments

  1. Mike the Eyeguy

    Christopher Hitchens wants it both ways.

    He wants to trash anything related to God whenever and wherever he can, but he also wants to live and thrive off the residuals of an Enlightenment and Western Civilization which have as their foundation the creation and preservation of knowledge made possible by the Christian church.

    But I digress.

  2. Mike the Eyeguy

    I’ve prescribed thousands of pairs of glasses, the large majority of which have been spot on.

    But I’ve had my share of “what was I possibly thinking?” pairs as well.

  3. greg

    I saw Hitchen’s on TV recently. He didn’t impress me. He just seemed to be pissed off about something.

    What I’ve found interesting about Falwell’s death – and I admit I never thought that highly of him – is, despite all of the negative comments that have always been made about him, and have continued to be made in recent days, there are many who’ve spoken of him in a much more positive light. So many people talked about what a likable guy he really was, and how, if you spent any time with him, you wouldn’t be able to NOT like him.

    Particularly interesting were those who opposed him on some level – especially Al Sharpton (politically) and Larry Flynt (morally) – who talked about how much they liked him and considered him a good friend, despite their differences. (Flynt even said whenever Jerry came to town, he’d come visit him.)

    I suppose it’s true of most people in the public eye, but it seems there was much more to him than we really got to see. It’s a shame it took his death for those things to become more known to the average person.

  4. Mike the Eyeguy

    I’m glad you pointed out Sharpton’s and Flynt’s comments as they were surprisingly balanced and sober ones. Hitchens, et al. are no less Manichaean than Falwell was with some of his more ill-advised pronouncements.

    The reality is that we are all composed of both wheat and tares.

  5. Laurie

    I have to wonder where our country and Christianity (particularly American Christianity) would be now if Falwell had not been so obsessed with other people’s sexual sins.

    And for what it’s worth, when you volunteer in prison a lot of murderes and sex offenders come across as nice people too.

  6. Mike the Eyeguy

    Wow, Laurie. I’m not at all sure you got the point of my post.

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