This is just unnecessary! You’ve ruined the entire tenor of the thread by bawling out someone who was just trying to remind us of some of the haunting lyrics of one of the most compelling ballads of our time. If she were walking along the street singing this song, would you walk up and chew her butt for it? No!
I understand the need for moderators as well as the next person. But you guys need to take off the jackboots, use our personal e-mails for warnings, and learn some darn manners! I know you’re volunteers, but that doesn’t mean you have to be completely lacking in all social grace! Knock it off your own self!
Indeed it is – not only am I a Gordon Lightfoot fan, the fact that the “Fitz” had “left fully loaded for Cleveland” resonates with me, as I grew up in the suburbs of that city.
Raising it would be seen as desecration of a grave by the surviving family members of the crewmen. From this page:
Hudson’s son, Bruce, graduated from North Olmsted High School six years ahead of me. An annually-awarded college scholarship for a senior member of the school’s band is named in his honor.