RIP John Hughes

[Trotsky]

I was just attacking the "rich people suck" attitude.

Thank god someone is standing up for the real victims.

[Redscore]

Ha ha. Funny guy. Why don't you go back and count the number of times you use the f word in your posts, angry man. Some of us come to follow the hockey team.  Gosh you are bitter!  Maybe you get to confiscate John Hughes' money and retire happy.

[Trotsky]

Come the Revolution, we will spare you in despondency for your suffering.  Matthew 5:4

[ursusminor]

Come the Revolution, we will spare you in despondency for your suffering.  Matthew 5:4

That's where Northeastern plays, formerly the Boston arena. Correct? :-D

[Trotsky]

It has a great balcony.

[Troyfan]

This sorry thread makes Ariana Dumbledore's wake look like a model of decorum.  

John Hughes was a great Cornellian and a great hockey player.  His contributions to Cornell, the memories he helped make for those of us old enough to have them are more than enough to concern us at the moment.

[marty]

Come the Revolution, we will spare you in despondency for your suffering.  Matthew 5:4

I prefer the Old Testament.

"Thou shalt not covet."


But feel free to worry about what you don't have.

[BearLover]

John's daughter, Olympian Sarah, is running for Congress from Long Island.  Interestingly, she grew up in Great Neck, represented by Santos, but hopes to represent another district.

The fact she dated Andrew Giuliani should be an automatic disqualifier.

She may be Shiv, but she's our Shiv.  Gotta be better than the incumbent door stop.

Not sure I buy the analogy. Shiv was handed power and wealth. Sure Sarah Hughes had good skating genes and went to the finest schools alright but I would say that winning an Olympic gold medal, and one in perhaps the most high-profile event, is earning something the hard way.

AFAIK Sarah grew up rich.  So, yay for the medals, but at the same time, yes, if you have no other challenges in your life and can devote 100% of your energy to a hobby, you get really good at it.

I loved her skating.  But tax the fuck out of John's estate.

This thread is embarrassing. Whether Sarah grew up wealthy has almost nothing to do with what was being discussed—Trotsky randomly mentioned it anyway, because apparently he has a quota of diatribes against wealth accumulation that he needs to satisfy. Trotsky doesn't even know if Sarah grew up wealthy; he says "AFAIK Sarah grew up rich." Sure, maybe she did, but I don't know that and apparently Trotsky doesn't either. Moreover, the majority of people who attend elite schools (including those of us posting on this forum), and especially people who go into politics, were afforded immeasurable advantages over the average American.

So here we have a forum poster arbitrarily singling out a world champion figure skater for growing up wealthy, in a thread about the death of her Cornell hockey legend father, in response to a post about her running for office, even though the poster isn't actually sure she even did grow up wealthy, even though it has nothing to do with the subject matter, and even though having grown up wealthy is an extremely mundane quality for someone who attended an Ivy League school and is now getting into politics.

[Redscore]

John's daughter, Olympian Sarah, is running for Congress from Long Island.  Interestingly, she grew up in Great Neck, represented by Santos, but hopes to represent another district.

The fact she dated Andrew Giuliani should be an automatic disqualifier.

She may be Shiv, but she's our Shiv.  Gotta be better than the incumbent door stop.

Not sure I buy the analogy. Shiv was handed power and wealth. Sure Sarah Hughes had good skating genes and went to the finest schools alright but I would say that winning an Olympic gold medal, and one in perhaps the most high-profile event, is earning something the hard way.

AFAIK Sarah grew up rich.  So, yay for the medals, but at the same time, yes, if you have no other challenges in your life and can devote 100% of your energy to a hobby, you get really good at it.

I loved her skating.  But tax the fuck out of John's estate.

This thread is embarrassing. Whether Sarah grew up wealthy has almost nothing to do with what was being discussed—Trotsky randomly mentioned it anyway, because apparently he has a quota of diatribes against wealth accumulation that he needs to satisfy. Trotsky doesn't even know if Sarah grew up wealthy; he says "AFAIK Sarah grew up rich." Sure, maybe she did, but I don't know that and apparently Trotsky doesn't either. Moreover, the majority of people who attend elite schools (including those of us posting on this forum), and especially people who go into politics, were afforded immeasurable advantages over the average American.

So here we have a forum poster arbitrarily singling out a world champion figure skater for growing up wealthy, in a thread about the death of her Cornell hockey legend father, in response to a post about her running for office, even though the poster isn't actually sure she even did grow up wealthy, even though it has nothing to do with the subject matter, and even though having grown up wealthy is an extremely mundane quality for someone who attended an Ivy League school and is now getting into politics.

[Redscore]

John's daughter, Olympian Sarah, is running for Congress from Long Island.  Interestingly, she grew up in Great Neck, represented by Santos, but hopes to represent another district.

The fact she dated Andrew Giuliani should be an automatic disqualifier.

She may be Shiv, but she's our Shiv.  Gotta be better than the incumbent door stop.

Not sure I buy the analogy. Shiv was handed power and wealth. Sure Sarah Hughes had good skating genes and went to the finest schools alright but I would say that winning an Olympic gold medal, and one in perhaps the most high-profile event, is earning something the hard way.

AFAIK Sarah grew up rich.  So, yay for the medals, but at the same time, yes, if you have no other challenges in your life and can devote 100% of your energy to a hobby, you get really good at it.

I loved her skating.  But tax the fuck out of John's estate.

This thread is embarrassing. Whether Sarah grew up wealthy has almost nothing to do with what was being discussed—Trotsky randomly mentioned it anyway, because apparently he has a quota of diatribes against wealth accumulation that he needs to satisfy. Trotsky doesn't even know if Sarah grew up wealthy; he says "AFAIK Sarah grew up rich." Sure, maybe she did, but I don't know that and apparently Trotsky doesn't either. Moreover, the majority of people who attend elite schools (including those of us posting on this forum), and especially people who go into politics, were afforded immeasurable advantages over the average American.

So here we have a forum poster arbitrarily singling out a world champion figure skater for growing up wealthy, in a thread about the death of her Cornell hockey legend father, in response to a post about her running for office, even though the poster isn't actually sure she even did grow up wealthy, even though it has nothing to do with the subject matter, and even though having grown up wealthy is an extremely mundane quality for someone who attended an Ivy League school and is now getting into politics.

Couldn't have said it better.

[Larry72]

John's daughter, Olympian Sarah, is running for Congress from Long Island.  Interestingly, she grew up in Great Neck, represented by Santos, but hopes to represent another district.

The fact she dated Andrew Giuliani should be an automatic disqualifier.

She may be Shiv, but she's our Shiv.  Gotta be better than the incumbent door stop.

Not sure I buy the analogy. Shiv was handed power and wealth. Sure Sarah Hughes had good skating genes and went to the finest schools alright but I would say that winning an Olympic gold medal, and one in perhaps the most high-profile event, is earning something the hard way.

AFAIK Sarah grew up rich.  So, yay for the medals, but at the same time, yes, if you have no other challenges in your life and can devote 100% of your energy to a hobby, you get really good at it.

I loved her skating.  But tax the fuck out of John's estate.

This thread is embarrassing. Whether Sarah grew up wealthy has almost nothing to do with what was being discussed—Trotsky randomly mentioned it anyway, because apparently he has a quota of diatribes against wealth accumulation that he needs to satisfy. Trotsky doesn't even know if Sarah grew up wealthy; he says "AFAIK Sarah grew up rich." Sure, maybe she did, but I don't know that and apparently Trotsky doesn't either. Moreover, the majority of people who attend elite schools (including those of us posting on this forum), and especially people who go into politics, were afforded immeasurable advantages over the average American.

So here we have a forum poster arbitrarily singling out a world champion figure skater for growing up wealthy, in a thread about the death of her Cornell hockey legend father, in response to a post about her running for office, even though the poster isn't actually sure she even did grow up wealthy, even though it has nothing to do with the subject matter, and even though having grown up wealthy is an extremely mundane quality for someone who attended an Ivy League school and is now getting into politics.

Couldn't have said it better.

+1

[jtwcornell91]

Trotsky randomly mentioned it anyway, because apparently he has a quota of diatribes against wealth accumulation that he needs to satisfy.

Did you perhaps not notice the screen name?

[Trotsky]

It's a tough gig, but we struggle through.

[David Harding]

John's daughter, Olympian Sarah, is running for Congress from Long Island.  Interestingly, she grew up in Great Neck, represented by Santos, but hopes to represent another district.

On second thought, she says "no".  https://apnews.com/article/sarah-hughes-olympic-skater-congress-c8670cb5df2fac58c72f5bd440edc797