Jack’s passing seems to have sparked a new competition

I’m reminded at times of that aphorism (can’t remember whether it was Mark Twain or Winston Churchill) about a lie getting halfway around the world while the truth is still getting its pants on.

It seems you could make a similar observation when you’re comparing decency with meanness of spirit. The yargle-barglers may have speed on their side, but then that’s because what they do consists of little more than running around, screeching, and scattering handfuls of loose stool as far as they can throw it.

Let ’em fill their boots. They can only drag us down to their level if we let them. One of the best tributes we could give to Jack is making them irrelevant and aspiring to follow his example instead.

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