re: #205 Obdicut

Oh lord.

Having just used him in the last thread as an example of a great man who stood up to McCarthyism, I just learned that my good friend and mentor, Charles Muscatine, has died.

I cannot express what he meant to me and what he meant to the world.

I can say that I never knew him to make an unethical decision.

It is so anger-making that on the same day he passes, this is happening in Texas.

[Link: www.trackedinamerica.org…]

I miss you already, Charles. Thank you for being a wonderful and brave man.

I’ll continue to fight as best I can for what you stood for.

My condolences Obdicut. People like that become part of us, our thoughts, our understanding of the world, even our personality. Losing a person like that is like losing a part of ourselves.

Even in the depths of your sorrow, you are very lucky to have known such a person.