What a fucking badass Al is, man. The guy's parents die and he doesn't cancel a single show. That isn't just a good work ethic, and it isn't just dedication. That's a truly saint-like zen that only really, truly good people can ever have.
I heard about this at the time, but I felt like saying something about it, since I could.
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling, which thinks nothing is worth war, is much worse. A man must have something that is worth fighting for.