JFKjr

[David Morris]

Alexander Hague:
>Perhaps growing up in a time where the death loses its
>significance is at fault, but JFKjr's death has had
>really no impact on me.  I also would tend to think
>that the reason its effect was event felt was based
>solely on the events in November 1963.  That seems
>obvious at least.  Face it, the guy was new at piloting
>and he risked it flying that day.  He also risked his
>family and they all just happened to die.  The end.
>Yet it just might remind everyone of how 'tragic'
>the Kennedy family seems to be.  But that's lost to
>the wind to the generation of college freshmen, or so
>it would seem in my case.

The "event" in November 1963 was a national tragedy for us.  It was a
personal tragedy as well for JFK Jr.  From my perspective, JFK Jr's life
exemplified a graceful triumph over many "obstacles" : his father's
assassination, his forced life-long thrust into celebrity, his fortune and
beauty.  I never knew the guy, but, after viewing hours of interview footage
as well as the testimony of his long-term close friends, I'd say he was a
solid soul, which is amazing considering what he could have turned out to
be.

As for blame-laying, I'd say it's thick-headed to be so judgmental.