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Offline Sandwich

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on: August 08, 2005, 06:34:04 am
What else is there to say? Cause of death was lung cancer, brought on by years of smoking. :(

I remember him on TV back in the 80's, though barely. R.I.P.
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Reply #1 on: August 08, 2005, 06:35:21 am
Who's he?
 

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Reply #2 on: August 08, 2005, 06:44:00 am
One of America's most well-known news anchors for ABC news.
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #3 on: August 08, 2005, 08:09:36 am
Aw man :( He was my favorite anchor :(
 

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Reply #4 on: August 08, 2005, 09:20:06 am
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One of America's most well-known news anchors for ABC news.

Correction: A Canadian who was one of America's best known news anchors.
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Reply #5 on: August 08, 2005, 10:12:30 am
You mean "clarification", not "correction"; nothing I stated was inherently wrong. :D
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #6 on: August 08, 2005, 12:02:17 pm
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You mean "clarification", not "correction"; nothing I stated was inherently wrong. :D

Fair enough :D
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Reply #7 on: August 08, 2005, 12:05:12 pm
Tis a terrible thing to see a grown man torn to pieces by multiple rounds of High Velocity Bensons and Hedges :(
 

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Reply #8 on: August 08, 2005, 12:11:54 pm
I guess I'm not the only one who clicked expecting to see some weird Darwin Award type story, right?
Karajorma's Freespace FAQ. It's almost like asking me yourself.

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Reply #9 on: August 08, 2005, 01:25:14 pm
I'm just an avid anti-smoking nutcase, don't mind me. All the reports stated that he died from lung cancer; it was only when I saw a short video of his life that it said anything about him having smoked for a long time.
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #10 on: August 08, 2005, 03:56:30 pm
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Correction: A Canadian who was one of America's best known news anchors.


Nuh-uh. He got his citizenship not to long ago.
 

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Reply #11 on: August 08, 2005, 05:08:00 pm
Doesn't mean he wasn't a Canadian as well.
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Reply #12 on: August 08, 2005, 05:13:19 pm
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Nuh-uh. He got his citizenship not to long ago.

Canadian borne and bred...he had a dual citizenship American-Canadian.  Still a Canadian...still sounds like a Canadian.

Was an extremely good reporter by all standards of the day and I think that the memorials look back favorably on his accomplishments.
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Reply #13 on: August 08, 2005, 05:24:19 pm
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Doesn't mean he wasn't a Canadian as well.
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I didn't say that.
 

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Reply #14 on: August 08, 2005, 10:01:47 pm
You people argue over the stupidest ****.

Btw, I don't recall him not using a non-regional accent. I wonder how he got away with it if he did?
 

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Reply #15 on: August 09, 2005, 12:28:39 am
oh well, he smoked, he died, what are you going to do. Depending on when he quit, it is his fault.


That said, he was one of the few national reporters I actually respect. He made it a point to never be involved in politics, ie fundraisers and the such.
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