When asked about the death of Natasha Richardson last week, fellow actor Dennis Haysbert (best known as President David Palmer in the TV series "24") said the following:
"God doesn't give us anything we can't handle. It was her time. God called her home."
Once -- just once -- I'd like to see an interviewer question this kind of offensive, stone-age nonsense. Suggested follow-ups to the smug stentor:
1) What do you mean by “handle”? Wracked with grief for the rest of your life, but short of committing suicide? That kind of “handle”?
2) Do you think a false claim that Ms. Richardson is in an invisible house in the sky offers her young sons succor, particularly the one who was with her during her tragic fall?
3) Why have you become a shill for Allstate Insurance when, by your logic, there are no accidents... only God's plan?
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Yeah. If God doesn't give us anything we can't handle, why do people have nervous breakdowns? Or, did such a person just fail the test, when actually, if they had just tried hard enough, that could have "handled it".
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