Tim doesn't FTR

[M Holmes]

Paul Mather writes:

> On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, John A Swartz wrote:
>
> > laugh at your own death fine, but laugh at someone else's?  Personally,
> > I thought the whole idea of broadcasting your death (be it over the
> > internet, radio, or cable TV) is both dumb and useless -- death is a
>
> People pay handsomely every day of the year to watch people die---often in
> lingering, graphic detail---in cinemas and on cable TV screens all across
> the world.  An entire industry has sprung up to satisfy this "ghoulish"
> urge.  When we watch actors die/be killed/mutilated/etc. in films it is
> called "entertainment."  When someone actually threatens to do it for
> real, it is apparently labelled "dumb and useless."  Maybe Tim was onto
> something there after all...

I seem to remember that during his time at Millbrook Leary did some work
translating The Egyptian Book of The Dead into Western terms. Whatever
that's worth, it does give him a little credibility as far as debunking
death goes.

FoFP