# Out of Respect for Sampiro **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805 "2006-08-15T08:37:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/1 "2006-08-15T08:37:37Z")
Out of respect for this poster’s wishes – [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384128), I will not post to the thread before it is closed. If I may, though, I would like to wish **Sampiro** godspeed, best wishes, and a most sincere hope for a good outcome for this situation. **Sampiro** , my thoughts and my heartfelt thanks for your many posts. You are a good 'un, and I only wish good things for you, and a good resolution to your issues. We have never exchanged posts, really, but I do feel I know yu from what I’ve read. I thank you for that, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/2 "2006-08-15T09:16:37Z")
Me too, **Sampiro**. I hope everything goes as well as possible for you. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/3 "2006-08-15T09:38:27Z")
Hope things start looking up for you, **Sampiro**. ---
**Author:** ![yingtongtiddleipo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f6c823/32.png) [@yingtongtiddleipo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yingtongtiddleipo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/4 "2006-08-15T09:56:58Z")
Aaaah sweetie Sampiro… So so SO sorry to see you go - I’ve utterly adored reading your posts over the years. It’s completely understandable, considering what a terrible time you’re going through, I just hope that in time, when things are better, you’ll consider coming back. Big hugs, kisses and respect Ying XX ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/5 "2006-08-15T12:29:30Z")
We were lucky to have you, Jon. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/6 "2006-08-15T13:03:31Z")
Via con dios, man. Wind in your sails til we meet again. -Arr. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/7 "2006-08-15T13:45:50Z")
Holy cow! I just read the pit threads and I am appalled at the people who made a point of posting in it just to be mean assholes to Sampiro. I wish Sampiro the very best and I hope I can read his writing again some time, somewhere. If anybody gets wind of his publishing a book, please let me know, because I’m dying to read it. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/8 "2006-08-15T14:40:51Z")
I second **Bluethree**. The people marking snarky comments about \*\*Sampiro \*\*showed us more about themselves than they did **Sampiro** , and those images could only be measured in Angstroms. They certainly have never dealt with one or more of their parents deaths. I sent **Sampiro** an email expressing my support of him. I really hope everyone who wishes him well does the same. In these quiet days of August, I’m just going to think of him taking a well-deserved vacation. ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/9 "2006-08-15T15:45:08Z")
Take care, **Sampiro**. The boards won’t be the same without you. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/10 "2006-08-15T15:49:10Z")
Good luck, **Sampiro**. You’ve got a hell of a lot on your plate right now. I’ve always enjoyed your stories, and hope that you can get them published one day. (Obviously after your life has calmed down.) Take care, and I hope that you are able to come back one day. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/11 "2006-08-15T15:50:11Z")
Would it be out of line to organize a donation from the Dope to a cancer charity or such in honor of Sampiro’s mother? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/12 "2006-08-15T16:12:25Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Would it be out of line to organize a donation from the Dope to a cancer charity or such in honor of Sampiro’s mother? Oh, that sounds good! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/13 "2006-08-15T16:12:48Z")
Take it easy for awhile and maybe we’ll see ya’ back sometime. All the best. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/14 "2006-08-15T16:21:47Z")
Everything above, except maybe times ten. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/15 "2006-08-15T16:35:59Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > Oh, that sounds good! Is that the kind of thing one has to get approved by administration? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/16 "2006-08-15T16:40:37Z")
Good luck, **Sampiro**. It’ll be rough, but it will all turn out well in the long run. Come back when you can. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/17 "2006-08-15T16:44:10Z")
Best of luck, **Sampiro** , we hope you’ll join us again soon. ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/18 "2006-08-15T16:59:27Z")
didn’t know we could do this. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/19 "2006-08-15T17:20:42Z")
Best wishes to you, **Sampiro**. I’ve always enjoyed your posts and hope you can return when you can find the time. Take care… ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805/20 "2006-08-15T17:40:45Z")
Oh, crap. I’d like to let loose with a string of invective, but this is not the Pit. I don’t know what drives people to jump down other’s throats and disparage character etc–it shows such a lack of character and maturity. The last thread that I saw that **sampiro** had added value, and was “dissed” for it was the execrable one about common courtesy. How ironic. **sampiro** -I don’t know you well, but I like and admire you as a poster and as a person. Your stories sometimes make me laugh, sometimes cry (frequently both), and I wish you only the best. You will indeed be missed, sir and this board will feel the lack. Take care–of you and your mother. And write that book about her–I promise I’ll buy a copy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-respect-for-sampiro/368805.md?page=2)