Now, you'd think that this would be a sad event being that he was an American chess champion. But let's take a look at what kind of man Bobby Fischer was:
In recent years, Fischer became better known for his outspoken criticism of the United States. Interviewed by a Philippines radio station hours after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he allegedly called reports of a plane hitting the Pentagon "wonderful news" and said American foreign policy had provoked the attacks.
He also become known for virulent anti-Semitism, even though his mother was Jewish. In 2002, Atlantic magazine reported that during a Manila radio broadcast he described his enemies as "Jews, secret Jews, or CIA rats who work for the Jews."
So I'm not sad that this anti-American, Jew hating monster is dead. I'm glad the world can now be a better place without hate mongers like him in the world.
Just because he was good at chess doesn't mean he was a good person. Maybe I have a cold heart when I think I'm glad he's dead. Maybe I'm just pissed that he had no sympathy for people trapped in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, or those people trapped on the airplanes. Either way, he's dead and gone now.
Travis
2 comments:
Ok, he played chess well. Whoopee. Like you said, that doesn't make him a good person. From what I've read about Fischer, it sounds as though he had some severe mental issues that were never adequately addressed. I for one won't mourn his passing nor give it more than a flickering thought beyond this comment.
Exactly. I have no room in my heart for sympathy for the death of such a monster.
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