Letters to the Editor
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Cosmic Mo said it
that is what has been sticking in my craw on this one. I can't help but "getting" LW. To me, his letter is all about how he cascades through life, doing exactly what he wants, and then asking the enablers around him to "forgive" him, he feels "guilty," etc. Cary fell for it and so did most people responding. What he wants is an excuse to not go to the funeral/death bed. He wants everyone to say, "you shouldn't feel guilty because you've been through so much; you shouldn't, given your financial circumstances, be bothered to attend to your mother." of course Cary told him to go to the funeral/death bed. i'm willing to bet that's not what he wanted to hear. i'll bet he doesn't go. in a few years Cary'll get another letter begging forgiveness from the same "rotten son" who never made it to his mother's funeral because: poverty. Cary will say: my son, you are absolved.