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PCIntern

(28,539 posts)
Wed May 6, 2026, 10:33 AM 19 hrs ago

Typical...

From the NYT obituary of Ted Turner:

“Mr. Turner, he said, drank excessively, sang Nazi songs outside a Jewish fraternity house and put up Ku Klux Klan signs on the dormitory doors of Black students. He was finally tossed out of Brown after being caught in bed with a woman in his dorm room.“

What a great country: you can be virulently hateful, but you better not try to get laid when you’re in college.

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Simeon Salus

(1,660 posts)
1. Who among us didn't get disciplined in college for consensual sex?
Wed May 6, 2026, 11:05 AM
19 hrs ago

I remember the day CNN opened and the cameras took us throughout the Atlanta complex to familiarize us with the studios. Turner was a visionary who made American television a better (and more inclusive) place.

Simeon Salus

(1,660 posts)
6. Frankly, I was making the same point.
Wed May 6, 2026, 11:21 AM
19 hrs ago

We all did stupid things in college. I damned near killed myself.

PCIntern

(28,539 posts)
7. Ok. Sorry...
Wed May 6, 2026, 11:42 AM
18 hrs ago

I missed the point.

You and me both came close to catastrophic situations there in college .

usonian

(26,345 posts)
5. Lesson learned: Write your own damn obit before others spill the beans on your stupid and thoughtless acts.
Wed May 6, 2026, 11:17 AM
19 hrs ago

People will trash you after you're gone, and bury you in a tan suit.

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