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a timeout for tillman
-- Friday, April 23, 2004 --

I'm not going to dwell on this because I like to pretend netslackers is a humor site, but this is something I think deserves a little attention.

If you haven't heard, Pat Tillman was killed today. He died fighting in Afghanistan, the same way at least 100 other young Americans have since 2001. I had forgotten about his remarkable story to tell the truth until someone told me about his death earlier today. As many in the media have said, he turned away all the reporters who tried to cover his abrupt change in career paths, so it doesn't seem right to rehash all the details of his background here.

As Adrian Wojnarowski put it in his somewhat roughly written, but well-thought out story on ESPN.com, "An American hero died in Afghanistan on Thursday, but what Pat Tillman was able to remind everyone back home was that, tragically, they die every day."

I had a whole long-winded conclusion to this entry, but I think I'm going to stop now before I begin preaching again and trigger flashbacks to my days as a televangelist. Just remember to observe a moment of silence for fallen troops tonight.

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