A funeral

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silvercamaro · #1 Post by **silvercamaro** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:29 pm

This morning, I went to the funeral of a retired professor and long-time friend. She was a woman of strong and strident political opinions, who could neither tolerate disagreement nor abide many people who did not share her world view. Nevertheless, I frequently disagreed with her. We argued often, sometimes vehemently -- then one of us would make the other laugh, and we would both dissolve in guffaws, postponing that argument for another day. Sometimes we surprised each other with the discovery that we had followed opposing paths of information, logic, and emotion to reach similar conclusions on specific issues.

Like all the best funerals, this one included near tears and laughter. To my surprise, one of the eulogies was delivered by Anita Hill. Yes, that Anita Hill. For the record, she did a superb job with her portion of the services.

ne1410s · #2 Post by **ne1410s** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:20 pm

SC:

She was a woman of strong and strident political opinions, who could neither tolerate disagreement nor abide many people who did not share her world view. Nevertheless, I frequently disagreed with her. We argued often, sometimes vehemently -- then one of us would make the other laugh, and we would both dissolve in guffaws,

Sorry for your loss, sliv. Sounds like she would have easily fit in on this bored.

silvercamaro · #3 Post by **silvercamaro** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:12 pm

ne1410s wrote: Sorry for your loss, sliv. Sounds like she would have easily fit in on this bored.

She would have! I hadn't thought of it just that way. She would have been particularly interesting (in the Chinese curse sense of the term) in the Hillary vs. Obama threads.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #4 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:16 pm

I am very sorry for your loss.

SportsFan68 · #5 Post by **SportsFan68** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:10 pm

I'm sorry for the loss of your friend, SC.

I'm sure all the eulogies were fitting tribute.

Ritterskoop · #6 Post by **Ritterskoop** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:43 pm

I like courteous discourse, a lot. I'm sorry you will miss hers.

Beebs52 · #7 Post by **Beebs52** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:55 am

I'm so sorry about your friend. It's wonderful that "friendsness" transcends all the temporal crud we slog through. She woulda been a pistol here, I'm sure.

peacock2121 · #8 Post by **peacock2121** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:00 am

I am sorry you lost someone who was worth arguing with and then worth 'making up' with.