About Rush and cancer
I won't lie, the devil on my left shoulder wants to gloat. This is not because Rush was a people, evil person, but also because of what he helped stir into the world, many people were facing that same cancer diagnosis that he is dealing with will have a lot less resources to fight that same cancer. I thought he would've gained some compassion for others after he had his run-in with OxyContin addiction, make no mistake, especially in Florida, there are people who did very serious amounts of time for what he got caught doing. My hope was that he would understand that yes, anyone can find themselves in addiction, and anyone can find themselves in a lot of trouble.
However, as someone whose mother died of cancer, I know that even for the worst of enemies, it is not something to wish upon someone. It might be easy to say old he deserves it, the truth is, if we all got we deserved, there might not be enough dirt to bury us all. No I do not wish suffering upon him, if for no other reason that I do not want to become the very thing I do not like. It would be a sad irony if I wound up mocking rush have only to see a little bit of his face in the mirror.
However, let me be fully honest, is not enough to say the old line "quality of mercy is not strained", because when anyone, rich or poor, though especially poor, gets at the mercy of the medical system, mercy is quite strained, especially at the hands of doctors. This because I do not wish suffering upon old rusty does not mean I am not hoping that he finally learns something that we were trying to pound into his head for years. Yes, when the powers that be have use for you, everything is golden, but the very half second it becomes expedient to wish rush off in a matter of indignity, the very people that will do it are his friends, most especially the president.
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