On Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 9:32:03 AM UTC-7, AS wrote:
On Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 6:07:39 AM UTC-6, Tom wrote:
Once again the portion of RAS that makes me want to throw my phone or throw up my hands in disgust or just plain throw up rears up again. Terms being thrown around that are base at best, second guessing from the armchair and a blatant disrespect for the victim, family, friends, witnesses and others that have to deal with this.

It's not everyone for sure but the inflated egos, the insensitivity, the need to be right at all costs and the lack of humility from a few folks is pretty damn sad.

Gary - I'm so sorry. All one should say publicly right now is we are all so sorry.

For those on their soapboxes with no apparent social skills or filter - please think before you type. Practice empathy. I've read if one doesn't have empathy pretending actually works well and leads in some cases actual empathy.

There but for the grace of god goes I - I could screw up at anytime, anywhere, anyhow.

Regards Tom

Well said, Tom. You hit it squarely on the head - thank you!
Uli
'AS'

Hey wise asses on RAS... You are effing wrong. When I got the news about Andy's demise from my wife (who was messaged from another wife) I sat and cried for my own personal loss as well as Andy's close friends including Gary. There ain't no lack of empathy here. I have now spoken with Gary, for what its worth. We talked about the pain and awfulness of it and we talked about Andy and the things that may have been factors in the accident. Gary is a man who does truly care about what might have been causes and how the same circumstance might be avoided in the future. If he was hair-trigger in his response online, he's hurting and I don't fault him. Only time heals this.