Oregon Senator Alan Bates dies in an ironic twist of fate.

[specksandflecks]

Apparently Alan Bates has died at age 71 while fishing with his son. Bates sponsored legislation banning dredging because (I assume) he felt the current (at the time) dredging regulations were harmful to fish, apparently there is no peer reviewed scientific evidence to support this belief.

I never met this man and I'm sure he was loved and will be dearly missed by family and friends.

Aside from his actions to ban dredging, he sounded like a pretty good guy. Father,Physician,Veteran. He obviously cared about people and probably saved/extended many lives.

However, it is scenarios exactly like this one that serve as a not so gentile reminder for me to avoid Hypocrisy.

 

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[winners58]

Our thoughts go out to his family, sorry I cant help but think tommyknockers got him...

 

[specksandflecks]

I'm not completely familiar with that lore though what I remember thinking was they would warn the hard rock miners of an imminent tunnel collapse. I'm sure there could be other references to them though I don't know what they are. I Always assumed they were of a benevolent nature but I could be mistaken.

I don't know what it's called or how it works but there is something out there.

 

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[ratled]

Oregon Senator Alan Bates dies at age 71 | OregonLive.com

Just because someones dies doesn't make them a better person, but I think Mark Twain said it best “I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.”

ratled

 

[russau]

ratled ,you nailed it!

 

[mendoAu]

Whatever else he was I will always think of him as the politician that slammed my life. He will be remembered, me in my way, others in theirs.