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   From: dave-no_spam@nospam.net   
      
   "qwerty" <123@456.com> wrote in message news:48A8250E.269F3964@456.com...   
   > Canuck57 wrote:   
   >   
   >> > Why does the Toronto firefighter who died at the scene of the   
   >> > propane explosion deserve public admiration or a hero's funeral?   
   >>   
   >> Why not, he stuck his ass out to help people.   
   >   
   > So I expect that the next time (and every time) that a firefighter or   
   > cop dies (in a car accident when they're off duty, dies from cancer, a   
   > heart attack, falling off the roof while cleaning the gutter) then we   
   > can expect several days of news coverage of their death and funeral, and   
   > we can expect thousands of other firefighters and cops will come from   
   > thousands of miles away to attend their funeral.   
   >   
   > After all, it doesn't matter how they died or what they were doing now   
   > does it?   
      
   It does, but you are likely one of the people who stand around like stunned   
   sheep and do nothing.  Be honest now...   
      
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