[ronald_reagan]

If I was a betting man, I'd bet that you wouldn't feel this way if you made the money that he has made as a dare devil, or the balls to do what he did. He, weither american icon or not doesn't deserve to be disrespected like that, since I'm sure he chose to die from diabetes.

First off, I wouldn't choose to follow in his shoes and be a 'daredevil', secondly, lack of money isn't a problem that I have.

I lost my father at a young age, and all my grandparents at a very young age. God gave us life, and death is a part of it... some more so than others.

This is a man that once said, "Kids want to be me, men want to be like me, and women want to be with me.."

I can say that I'm glad he chose to convert to christianity not long ago. Although for 68 years he chose not to... saying, that he wouldn't give up his "gold, gambling, booze, and women" for Jesus.

But he did such horrible things and let such a horrible life, I find it puzzling that we're exhalting this man as nearly Christ himself. Like he did wonderful things and touched people lives... He tried killing people, lost all of his money, abused his kids and wives, abused drugs and alcohol, served time in prison, several arrests and stays in jail, an habitual law breaker, was successfully sued by many people, didn't pay his taxes and owed the government over $4,100,000 of which he never paid due to bankruptcy, was arrested for soliciation of a prostitute (who was an undercover cop), arrested for theft, arrested for gun crimes, ect.. ect.. ect..

Look, I don't and never have respected him nor anyone else that claim to be 'death defying' marvels. This is a personal belief, and if you can't accept that... ummm... ok. No problem at all. I respect your views, as I do everyone else here. If you choose to 'respect' this man for the lifestyle he led, and you feel as if his actions motivated and led you to where you are in life, thats fine with me. For me, he was just an arrogant man that was driven by greed, girls, and drugs.

I'm done with this conversation though. I made my point, and quite successfully so.