Paul Walker dead?

[Rorschach]

Gonna need you to provide evidence on that one, or walker may have been capable of walking on water.

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http://animalfair.com/tribute-actor-...ul-walker-rip/

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[Kodieh]

You cite to me an article that cites a CNN story from an unknown time, without a link or other information to the actual original story.

He's a bird now, guys. http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/commen...ted_as_a_bird/ an Internet post says so.

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[Annarose15]

You cite to me an article that cites a CNN story from an unknown time, without a link or other information to the actual original story.

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Try Google. CNN backs and confirms the story. Your cynicism doesn't change the years of work he's done with multiple charities, either.

Although I agree it's sad that the average Joe doesn't usually get the recognition he may deserve upon death, why does that mean a celebrity who has used his status to do great works deserves to be minimized and scoffed at?

[Kodieh]

Try Google. CNN backs and confirms the story. Your cynicism doesn't change the years of work he's done with multiple charities, either.

Although I agree it's sad that the average Joe doesn't usually get the recognition he may deserve upon death, why does that mean a celebrity who has used his status to do great works deserves to be minimized and scoffed at?

Quick Google search turned up the linked article, nothing else.

I'm not scoffing, yeah boohoo he's dead. But, why linger more than a moment? Did you actually know him? Did he spend Christmas with you every year? I guess I'm just weird in that, if I didn't know someone and they died then it doesn't really affect me.



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[ViperSRT3g]

But, why linger more than a moment? Did you actually know him? Did he spend Christmas with you every year? I guess I'm just weird in that, if I didn't know someone and they died then it doesn't really affect me.

This somewhat large of a read can maybe explain to you why it's such a big deal to some people.

For those of you saying "Paul Walker was just an actor. Think about all the other people who died today as well."

Just an FYI before you get unfriended. Yes, he was an actor who died. Yes, he was a famous person who is getting so much recognition because of his roles in movies. Yes, all the other people in the world who died also need recognition. We, as car people, know these things.


You are probably saying that so easily because you don't understand the role he's had in so many people's lives. If you aren't into cars, it can be even easier to say and dismiss people as being shallow for mourning the loss of an actor.


But, Paul Walker was a true car enthusiast. He loved and lived it inside and outside his movies. He inspired millions around the world, giving them hope and dreams to strive for. Yes, the majority of those people probably had no direct contact or a relationship to him. But the amount of recognition he's getting, he deserves.


I hope you've read this all the way down to here so that I can tell you. Your easy dismissal of a person's death is the equivalent to dismissing my own hopes and dreams of what I can strive for and achieve in life. His death doesn't put him above any other person who's died, and it is that aspect, that you have so easily forgotten.

[Kodieh]

This somewhat large of a read can maybe explain to you why it's such a big deal to some people.

That just told me that I don't understand but not why I don't. It didn't say what he actually did, just that he was into cars and people who are into cars are inspired by him so "be nice".

Sorry, I'm really not trying to come off as high and mighty (for lack of a family friendly term for it), it's just that there is no justification to me why were still talking about this.

I said the same things when Steve Jobs went.

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[sho220]

Quick Google search turned up the linked article, nothing else.

I'm not scoffing, yeah boohoo he's dead. But, why linger more than a moment? Did you actually know him? Did he spend Christmas with you every year? I guess I'm just weird in that, if I didn't know someone and they died then it doesn't really affect me.



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It's called having "empathy"...something people don't seem to have anymore...part of the reason the world is such a cesspool of misery...but as long as it doesn't personally affect you...

[Freakie_frog]

That just told me that I don't understand but not why I don't. It didn't say what he actually did, just that he was into cars and people who are into cars are inspired by him so "be nice".

Sorry, I'm really not trying to come off as high and mighty (for lack of a family friendly term for it), it's just that there is no justification to me why were still talking about this.

I said the same things when Steve Jobs went.

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It was like when Heath Ledger died. I was more bummed cause I enjoyed his work than anything. Was I a friend no but I like to watch his movies and to know that my enjoyment of his craft had come to an end was for me the thing that hit home.

[Kodieh]

It was like when Heath Ledger died. I was more bummed cause I enjoyed his work than anything. Was I a friend no but I like to watch his movies and to know that my enjoyment of his craft had come to an end was for me the thing that hit home.

I guess I was wrong about justification, but not about time frame. This I can understand.

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[OhhWatALoser]

Quick Google search turned up the linked article, nothing else.

I'm not scoffing, yeah boohoo he's dead. But, why linger more than a moment? Did you actually know him? Did he spend Christmas with you every year? I guess I'm just weird in that, if I didn't know someone and they died then it doesn't really affect me.

Maybe an example closer to our hobby, when pro exotics fire happened, did you say it doesn't really affect me, who gives a crap?

I can tell you I did not lose sleep over it, I have never had a personal conversation with the people involved. Being in the reptile hobby is as close to the event as I came, but I no doubt generally felt bad for what happened, the lives that were lost and also felt bad for the people who were affected by it. Just a little empathy.