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Re:Ted Kennedy has died by ErrantX on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @10:40AM (#787234)
> Certainly the Ted Kennedy that died today was not the Ted Kennedy that once abandoned a dying woman.

In my experience that is a fallacy. Besides he was a politician - they know all about expected response. I don't think anyone here can make a statement like that.

(I know nothing about him, but it was a pretty sick thing to do. He certainly deserved a worse punishment)

Re:Ted Kennedy has died by unalone on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @12:05PM (#787418)
He did. But avoiding punishment for that crime does not immediately make him a terrible human being, or a human being that's incapable of changing. He certainly changed, and for the better.

(I'll ignore the "he was a politician" quip, which proves nothing and says nothing.)

Re:Ted Kennedy has died by ErrantX on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @11:08PM (#788554)
> (I'll ignore the "he was a politician" quip, which proves nothing and says nothing.

That wasn't meant in the way you probably read it. Being a politician is a skill just like any job

As I said I don't know much about the guy, but in my experience of people in such a position (a public post) there is a difference between real change and the change we see :)

I'm just saying: only a few people (i.e. the close family) really could make a statement like that :)