As I said early in this thread, I fully expect that some will rejoice in my death. Nor do I in any way begrudge them that.

If they hate or despise me then they should rejoice in my demise, as I would theirs.

Will I blog with glee and the death of the aforementioned politicians? I do not know – I hope by the time they are dead, I will be older and wiser and not give a flying shit about any of it anymore.

It’s more than just the public display; it’s how extreme you were in expressing your glee at his death and his family’s pain in losing a loved one. Humor and levity aren’t conveyed nearly as well in a blog. One can come across seeming like a total sociopath much more easily from a blog rather than if it were heard in a conversation.

At the same time, I can’t imagine myself actually rejoicing in the death of someone with whom I didn’t have any relationship. I didn’t rejoice when Saddam Hussein was hanged, even though I thought he was a pretty awful human being. I wasn’t sad, either. I had no personal attachment to him. You reacted to Murtha’s death like he was a neighbor that molested you, not some politician that you vehemently disagreed with.

Is such rejoicing really extreme, or is it just the open and public display of such that which is unusual and/or extreme?

Of course he has the right to say what he wants. It is his blog and I hope he continues to speak his mind. That said, the content of what he says is still fair game for comments and criticism. And I still think that rejoicing in someone’s death to the point of getting pleasure out of the thought of the deceased’s family’s bereavement is extreme, no matter who does it.

I’m sure that when the people you mentioned die you’ll rejoice and do so openly. I’m also fairly sure that some others, including some of the other commentors, will also rejoice, but only quietly and behind closed doors.

As a people we have a problem with Schadenfreude and with expressing the underlying despite and/or hatred that is its cause.

When Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin croak, I will be dancing in the street with unbridled joy, and no, I will not feel bad for their families, who are living high on the hog with the stolen funds from the American People.

It is his blog, and he does not have to sugarcoat it. When one of the above filth and scum die, I will most likely speak my mind on my blog.

While on this blog I do not say everything that I think, there just not being enough time; what I do say is what I think. I do not sugarcoat it.