OBIT: Original Blue Angel pilot dies at age 86

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 05:40:21 -0700, in a place far, far away, Dale
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to
indicate that:

But the media attention she's getting... that's another story.

It happens in every war:

http://www.transterrestrial.com/arch...19.html#005619

Well ,"two" doesn't equal "every", but I suspect similar protests can
be found for many more wars. Mothers generally don't enjoy the
deaths of their children.

I'm curious, though. Are the protestations of Mrs. Hanberg and Mrs.
Sheehan pretty much the same to you, or does one have more merit
than the other?

They're of equivalent merit. And they're both of equivalent mental
stability and grip on reality. They both have the excuse, of course,
of having suffered a grievous loss. I'm not sure what the media's
excuse is for exploiting them, though.