Sorry for your loss. I know how it feels. We had our 19+ year old feline friend put down a couple of month ago. She just got too old with too many ailments and was effectively starving herself to death. We couldn’t bear to watch her suffer anymore. It was awful and upsetting.
From down here (Australia) this looks like a blatantly racist reaction from the readers & the industry. But racial sensitivities in the US seem to differ quite markedly from those here so I would be interested in any comments about this on Free Republic.
Your being very kind to Mr Howard - after that hilarious attempt he made at bowling in Pakistan I would suggest that he is not a cricketer at all. (he was a great PM but)
This kid and his friends will probably just get a good laugh out of this and not learn jack. They will be laughing at the RSL and the rest of the PC BS that permeates our society.