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Posted on 21-May-2004 01:24 GMT by Bonzo32 comments
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Well guys, what happened to Bill McEwen? Did he resign?
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What happened to Bill McEwen? : Comment 29 of 32ANN.lu
Posted by EyeAm on 21-May-2004 11:51 GMT
In reply to Comment 25 (Alkis Tsapanidis):
Why is that? I don't deserve to be attacked here.

So I don't have a problem with death. Big deal. I do, in fact, know a lot about it. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, I wrote Bill McEwen awhile back with a brief horoscope of what may be coming up for him and what he has been going through (at the time), and it included the possibility of death in the family. One of my special gifts is being able to see/know about impending deaths. I am clairvoyant/psychic in that regard, particularly; having accurately predicted or foreseen deaths many times. I once predicted the death of a friend's mother (whom I had never met) and by cancer. She died of cancer the following year. I told another friend to watch her husband for heart or spine problems and to have him go to the doctor if anything like that showed up--and six months later, he felt ill at work, and when they finally got to the hospital and he was opened up on the operating table, he died at 28 years old by the time they closed him back up (the doctor saying he had the heart of an eighty year old man). I could go on with these examples; even premonitions of my uncle's recent murder, and the location he died.

When I was about four, I attended my first funeral. Holding my dad's hand there in the heat of the churchyard cemetary, I wondered aloud to him why the people under the tent were crying. My father mistook my meaning and tried to explain that a loved one had died and they were sad. I didn't see any need for them to cry; but understood that they missed someone. Life's not extinguished, except for the physical shell. I know this much, and remember before my incarnation (birth).

I will no longer apologize for other people not understanding what I do.

Now, it's been brought to the forums that a family member of someone related to the Amiga community has died. To ignore that and talk about Amiga stuff, in its face, seems to get comments about being calloused. What are we to do--talk about it, and get the other comments about not talking about it? A moment of silence?

Death has just recently occured in my family, and this past Monday (the 17th) made it officially a homicide, not just homicide investigation. There is most probably the trial this summer, related to all that. And another long trip or two. It still doesn't change any interest in computers, or even Amiga (their success or failure, depending on their actions or the month). Life does go on.

This is May 21st. Yesterday was the first day I had heard about McEwen's daughter (May 6th, I believe, was the day someone announced it?).

I'm not one to ever really shrink from talking about anything--even death. I have an interest in death and horror and ressurrection and spirituality, and a lot of other topics most are too tame to touch. It's not even a brave thing anymore (courage requires fear to still be present); for me it is a casual thing. You know, some cultures actually celebrate the passing of someone, even if they are young. Other cultures believe the person never dies, especially if kept in memory. And some believe a death is the arrival of a time to grow for the survivors. The beliefs are varied--and no one is ever Politically Correct regarding them all. In a way, P.C. is a detriment to honesty and integrity. It's better to be who you are.

I cannot step into the viewpoint of Bill McEwen regarding the death of his daughter, any more than he can probably step into mine (at this time). I cannot help but to feel my view is far advance of his. At the same time, I do not have nor will ever have a daughter (or son, even), and will not know that loss. I'm not sure I would really experience the same kind of loss, though; I haven't in any of the 25+ people or pets or friends who have died since 1996. It's the way I'm built. It doesn't I'm cold, it doesn't mean I lack compassion, it just means I understand death (and in each of those cases, understood that it is the way it is). I appreciate those who are present and with whom I interact (of course, if it's a good interaction more than a bad one), but realize that when people move on (via death or whatever), it's just time to.

In the larger body of the universe, it is as much like the cells in our own body, birthing and dying and being replaced. The universe is still one.

I'll only accept 'callous' in the sense that I've grown accustomed to something that others have yet to; but not the other meaning that means something 'intentionally mean or cold'.

Now, I'll probably get flamed for this--but it'll mean you haven't taken the time to understand my view.

Regarding Amiga and its directions: I've been pissed off more than once, for good reason. EVEN at Bill McEwen. And yes, I've started my own 64-Bit OS, and yes I have the idea of it running Amiga programs (now). And yes I still think somehow Amiga will make it to the top. There has been a lot of frustration, and I have to take the side of no-support for them right now, and haven't considered myself an 'Amigan' since April of 2001 (directly because of being lied to by Amiga / Bill / Fleecy / Randy).

I feel that those who are afraid to work with those who tell the truth...have some explaining to do, with the first answer pointing to WHY? But I don't think I'll ever know, beyond it just being the way it happens to be.

The Amiga community, and the efforts in it, have been BUTCHERED. On purpose, or not, I don't know. Maybe some of both (sabotage and cicumstance).

You really have one last chance, you know: When OS 4.0 comes out, it best be broadcast from here to the coldest hole in antarctica.

--EyeAm
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