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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Really, who are you? I'm expecting a riff on assumption of the risk and instead I see a use (in fact, a misuse) of the (overused) word tragedy. Have you started writing for the Today show on the side? Your writing has an odd edgy/sappy quality. If he had died while riding his beloved motorcycle without a helmet we'd say "sad, but what a fucking idiot."
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If he'd died from blood loss after an enraged gator bit off his testicles, I'd have written exactly that. But there's no assumption of risk here. In fact, while I'm overusing the term, I'll add that's another tragedy here - a guy who should have provided excellent fodder for such a riff robbed the world of jokes by getting whacked by a stupid floppy fish cattle on Disney cruises swim with and pet all the damned time. It's like Robert Downey choking to death on a gummi bear. It's all wrong... begs a "do over."
