>>”Hey, at least you can’t accuse me of dishonesty”

>>“I’m all for free speech, too. He’s the one who wasn’t.”

Not speaking ill of the dead isn’t because of some fear their departed souls will get upset with you. It’s because people are grieving the loss of someone and it’s really hurtful to have people going “good riddance” around them. That’s where it comes from. Saying ‘I’m an atheist, I’m going to insult that person you…

That’s nothing. I have a magic rock that keeps tigers away. The fact that I haven’t been eaten by tigers must be due to this rock.

On the subject of accidental launches, I find this aposite.

>>”It’s easy to characterize the US as the bad guys because we are the only ones to have used nukes in an offense.”