Wal-Mart Heir Dies in Crash

[Louis]

(CNN) -- Wal-Mart heir John Walton died Monday when his ultralight aircraft crashed after taking off from an airport in Jackson, Wyoming, the company announced.

Walton, 58, was the second son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and served on the board of directors of the world's largest retailer.

He was ranked No. 7 on the Forbes magazine list of the 400 wealthiest Americans in 2004, with a fortune estimated at $20 billion.

Full Article (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/27/obit.walton/index.html)

Surprising.

[Weezy]

That's 1 down...


(I know I sound evil, but they're an evil company.)

[Jila]

his ultralight aircraft. i totally feel sorry for him now.

eh, people die everyday. it would be weird for him to get more sympathy and recognition than, say, a person starving to death in a third world country.

[Evan™]

Originally posted by Weezy@Jun 28 2005, 05:06 PM
That's 1 down...


(I know I sound evil, but they're an evil company.)
hah RIGHT!

to bad...oh well who is next on the list?

[tunnelvision]

AHAHAHAHA!!!!!AHAHAHAHA!!!
that is HILARIOUS!!!im sure his family were very upset but.....the fact that it's only significant to some people because he was "heir to walmart" is just goddam excruciatingly funny.
hahahaha.....oh my god. youre killing me.
*straightens face and gets up off floor*
but of course i deeply sympathise with the family. pfffft.......
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

[Louis]

Originally posted by tunnelvision@Jul 2 2005, 02:14 PM
AHAHAHAHA!!!!!AHAHAHAHA!!!
that is HILARIOUS!!!im sure his family were very upset but.....the fact that it's only significant to some people because he was "heir to walmart" is just goddam excruciatingly funny.
hahahaha.....oh my god. youre killing me.
*straightens face and gets up off floor*
but of course i deeply sympathise with the family. pfffft.......
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
You shouldn't be making jokes like that. How would you feel if someone close to you died and someone was laughing about it like that?

Might want to think about your actions. ;)

[Chris Luke]

Originally posted by tunnelvision@Jul 2 2005, 09:14 AM
AHAHAHAHA!!!!!AHAHAHAHA!!!
that is HILARIOUS!!!im sure his family were very upset but.....the fact that it's only significant to some people because he was "heir to walmart" is just goddam excruciatingly funny.
hahahaha.....oh my god. youre killing me.
*straightens face and gets up off floor*
but of course i deeply sympathise with the family. pfffft.......
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Yeah, you're cool. :rolleyes:

[Paul]

Some people on LPA just siken me.

[Omar A]

R.I.P

i wish I knew him to be on his will.

[Ant]

Originally posted by Paul@Jul 2 2005, 07:05 PM
Some people on LPA just siken me.
You read my mind. I read 5 posts in and had no sense of humanity from those posters.

R.I.P.

[Jila]

Originally posted by Ant+Jul 2 2005, 05:37 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Ant @ Jul 2 2005, 05:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Paul@Jul 2 2005, 07:05 PM
Some people on LPA just siken me.
You read my mind. I read 5 posts in and had no sense of humanity from those posters.

R.I.P. [/b][/quote]
ill assume youre talking about me as well. you know what? i dont really need to give him any recognition because he died along with the other thousands of people that die everyday, its about 150,000 people a day i believe. so unless hes actually done something worth while than just be known as an heir to wal-mart, i dont really feel the need to acknowledge his death unless im acknowledging everyone else who died as well.

so you can say i have no sense of humanity, but im just being logical.

[Ant]

Originally posted by Jila+Jul 3 2005, 07:15 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Jila @ Jul 3 2005, 07:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by -Ant@Jul 2 2005, 05:37 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--Paul@Jul 2 2005, 07:05 PM
Some people on LPA just siken me.
You read my mind. I read 5 posts in and had no sense of humanity from those posters.

R.I.P.
ill assume youre talking about me as well. you know what? i dont really need to give him any recognition because he died along with the other thousands of people that die everyday, its about 150,000 people a day i believe. so unless hes actually done something worth while than just be known as an heir to wal-mart, i dont really feel the need to acknowledge his death unless im acknowledging everyone else who died as well.

so you can say i have no sense of humanity, but im just being logical. [/b][/quote]
So because he's rich it doesn't matter that he's one of the "150,000" that die everyday? Please. Why are you judging someone you don't know at all... perhaps I could see if this was a court case involving him killing someone, but tell me, what do you know about the man? Because he's a heir to Walmart you simply don't care, because he's rich and lived a good life?

Your post absolutely amazes me. You show no sense of respect for the deceased. Tell me, if you died would you want people looking in the obituaries and going, "eh, she's dead, who cares?" or saying, "she never did anything for me, but her picture is ugly so she must be a bad person." Because this are basically the things you're telling me... that he doesn't matter because you don't know him. You're automatically assuming the worst of him for no reason other than he's a heir to the Walmart throne. Perhaps instead of being extremely crude and disrespectful you just shouldn't have posted at all, to show that you don't need to acknowledge him... because right now all you're doing is trashing the man, instead of ignoring him like you stated you were going to do.

Oh, and for the record... the "ultralight" aircraft wasn't some sort of Howard Hughes experiment. It was this aircraft: http://www.cgsaviation.com/

(I'm assuming you're a she based on your username, sorry if I got that wrong.)

[Leones]

Originally posted by Ant+Jul 3 2005, 05:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Ant @ Jul 3 2005, 05:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by -Jila@Jul 3 2005, 07:15 AM
Originally posted by -Ant@Jul 2 2005, 05:37 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--Paul@Jul 2 2005, 07:05 PM
Some people on LPA just siken me.
You read my mind. I read 5 posts in and had no sense of humanity from those posters.

R.I.P.
ill assume youre talking about me as well. you know what? i dont really need to give him any recognition because he died along with the other thousands of people that die everyday, its about 150,000 people a day i believe. so unless hes actually done something worth while than just be known as an heir to wal-mart, i dont really feel the need to acknowledge his death unless im acknowledging everyone else who died as well.

so you can say i have no sense of humanity, but im just being logical.
So because he's rich it doesn't matter that he's one of the "150,000" that die everyday? Please. Why are you judging someone you don't know at all... perhaps I could see if this was a court case involving him killing someone, but tell me, what do you know about the man? Because he's a heir to Walmart you simply don't care, because he's rich and lived a good life?

Your post absolutely amazes me. You show no sense of respect for the deceased. Tell me, if you died would you want people looking in the obituaries and going, "eh, she's dead, who cares?" or saying, "she never did anything for me, but her picture is ugly so she must be a bad person." Because this are basically the things you're telling me... that he doesn't matter because you don't know him. You're automatically assuming the worst of him for no reason other than he's a heir to the Walmart throne. Perhaps instead of being extremely crude and disrespectful you just shouldn't have posted at all, to show that you don't need to acknowledge him... because right now all you're doing is trashing the man, instead of ignoring him like you stated you were going to do.

Oh, and for the record... the "ultralight" aircraft wasn't some sort of Howard Hughes experiment. It was this aircraft: http://www.cgsaviation.com/

(I'm assuming you're a she based on your username, sorry if I got that wrong.) [/b][/quote]
You need to read people's posts better Ant. Jila wasn't judging the man, she wasn't trashing the man, and she wasn't disrespectful. I agree with Jila, so many people die on one day, you don't and can't feel sympathy for all those people. Why should this Wal-Mart heir be treaten differently? because he is rich? I care just as much for him as for any other person that died on that same day. That doesn't mean I don't care, that doesn't mean it's disrespectful or cruel. It's how life goes. In my eyes, all people I never knew in person or ment something to me, and die, are equal to me.

edit:

I agree with Paul. Those few people who were laughing and whatnot need to learn that laughing at the dead is not right and very disrespectful.

[Ant]

No, you're right... she wasn't judging him. I was merely implying with the blatant disrespect for a life that she was doing something far worse.

I don't know about you, but over 90% of the time I feel sympathy for the deceased whenever I see news about them, be it on the local, regional or national level. Why is it that everytime someone rich dies people say things like, "oh, he's rich, I shouldn't feel empathy for him because people die all the time,"? A death is a death. Perhaps if Mr. Walton was murdered I would take Jila's posts in this topic lighter, but he wasn't.

And, you're exactly right: why should this Walmart heir be treated differently? Why should we all say, oh to heck with him, he's already got people mourning for him? Do you mean to tell me if someone in your town died from the same incident (dying in a minature plane that they bought) that you wouldn't fell bad for them, or say "rest in peace"? Maybe it's just how I was brought up or my manners, but I certainly would.

It is disrespectful. It is disrespectful to come in and say "people die every day" and then leave -- even if it's only in a thread, it's disrespectful. You wouldn't go to a funeral and say "people die every day" and just leave if it were for a person that you didn't know. Why? Because it's disrespectful! Have you ever heard the saying 'if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all'? I believe that is very apt in this situation. Instead of coming in here and saying "people die everyday," how about keeping your thoughts to yourself?

I just don't get why it is everyone has to act like they have a chip on their shoulder when it comes to deaths of the rich and famous.

[Leones]

I think you are taking it too heavy..

Alright, I'll try to explain again. Why was this topic posted? because it wants sympathy from people. But why? Does he deserve it more than someone else who died that day or any other day? It isn't disrespectful, it is what Jila said, logical. People are people and I would feel bad and have some sympathy if someone I knew or someone my family, friends, or people I see at the supermarket knew, died. When you're at a funeral you obviously care. But this is the internet, not everyone can feel sympathy for one out of thousands who die every day.

[User Name]

Originally posted by Evan+Jun 29 2005, 03:34 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Evan @ Jun 29 2005, 03:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Originally posted by Weezy@Jun 28 2005, 05:06 PM
That's 1 down...


(I know I sound evil, but they're an evil company.)
hah RIGHT!

to bad...oh well who is next on the list?[/b]
<!--QuoteBegin--tunnelvision
AHAHAHAHA!!!!!AHAHAHAHA!!!
that is HILARIOUS!!!im sure his family were very upset but.....the fact that it's only significant to some people because he was "heir to walmart" is just goddam excruciatingly funny.
hahahaha.....oh my god. youre killing me.
*straightens face and gets up off floor*
but of course i deeply sympathise with the family. pfffft.......
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!![/quote]

Here's a spoiler for the end of your life: You will all die virgins.

[The Doctor]

Originally posted by tunnelvision@Jul 2 2005, 10:14 AM
AHAHAHAHA!!!!!AHAHAHAHA!!!
that is HILARIOUS!!!im sure his family were very upset but.....the fact that it's only significant to some people because he was "heir to walmart" is just goddam excruciatingly funny.
hahahaha.....oh my god. youre killing me.
*straightens face and gets up off floor*
but of course i deeply sympathise with the family. pfffft.......
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
You are officially the worst human being I've ever seen. I hope you have a good time burning in Hell. Your post completely disgusted me. How about (let's say) your father dies, and someone starts being a prick like you are. How would you feel? Im even debating right now whether or not to warn you for this.

[Ant]

Originally posted by Leones@Jul 3 2005, 08:04 PM
I think you are taking it too heavy..

Alright, I'll try to explain again. Why was this topic posted? because it wants sympathy from people. But why? Does he deserve it more than someone else who died that day or any other day? It isn't disrespectful, it is what Jila said, logical. People are people and I would feel bad and have some sympathy if someone I knew or someone my family, friends, or people I see at the supermarket knew, died. When you're at a funeral you obviously care. But this is the internet, not everyone can feel sympathy for one out of thousands who die every day.
For some reason I don't have the feeling that the topic was posted becasue it yearned for your sympathy, but rather because it was national news.

And I still stand by my statement that it's disrespectful... I don't think I need to repeat myself as to why.

[Jila]

Originally posted by Ant@Jul 3 2005, 11:09 AM
No, you're right... she wasn't judging him. I was merely implying with the blatant disrespect for a life that she was doing something far worse.

I don't know about you, but over 90% of the time I feel sympathy for the deceased whenever I see news about them, be it on the local, regional or national level. Why is it that everytime someone rich dies people say things like, "oh, he's rich, I shouldn't feel empathy for him because people die all the time,"? A death is a death. Perhaps if Mr. Walton was murdered I would take Jila's posts in this topic lighter, but he wasn't.

And, you're exactly right: why should this Walmart heir be treated differently? Why should we all say, oh to heck with him, he's already got people mourning for him? Do you mean to tell me if someone in your town died from the same incident (dying in a minature plane that they bought) that you wouldn't fell bad for them, or say "rest in peace"? Maybe it's just how I was brought up or my manners, but I certainly would.

It is disrespectful. It is disrespectful to come in and say "people die every day" and then leave -- even if it's only in a thread, it's disrespectful. You wouldn't go to a funeral and say "people die every day" and just leave if it were for a person that you didn't know. Why? Because it's disrespectful! Have you ever heard the saying 'if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all'? I believe that is very apt in this situation. Instead of coming in here and saying "people die everyday," how about keeping your thoughts to yourself?

I just don't get why it is everyone has to act like they have a chip on their shoulder when it comes to deaths of the rich and famous.
"i dont really feel the need to acknowledge his death unless im acknowledging everyone else who died as well."

apparently you like missing that part.


i dont need you to tell me im being disrespectful because you obviously cannot comprehend what im saying and what i mean.

and thank you leones, at least you know what i was talking about.

[Ant]

No, I do comprehend what you're saying and what you mean completely. Perhaps you should read my posts all the way through. I didn't skip that part at all -- and I still contend it's extremely disrespectful to come in here and say something like that.

Perhaps if you were following your own advice (about not needing to acknowledge anything) then you wouldn't have replied to the thread in the first place.

[Mark]

Let's just agree that this is a stalemate of differing opinions.

[Testament]

Originally posted by Nate+Jul 3 2005, 02:13 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Nate @ Jul 3 2005, 02:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--tunnelvision@Jul 2 2005, 10:14 AM
AHAHAHAHA!!!!!AHAHAHAHA!!!
that is HILARIOUS!!!im sure his family were very upset but.....the fact that it's only significant to some people because he was "heir to walmart" is just goddam excruciatingly funny.
hahahaha.....oh my god. youre killing me.
*straightens face and gets up off floor*
but of course i deeply sympathise with the family. pfffft.......
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
You are officially the worst human being I've ever seen. I hope you have a good time burning in Hell. Your post completely disgusted me. How about (let's say) your father dies, and someone starts being a prick like you are. How would you feel? Im even debating right now whether or not to warn you for this. [/b][/quote]
Why even debate, with a post as disgusting as that?

[Jila]

Originally posted by Ant@Jul 3 2005, 06:22 PM
No, I do comprehend what you're saying and what you mean completely. Perhaps you should read my posts all the way through. I didn't skip that part at all -- and I still contend it's extremely disrespectful to come in here and say something like that.

Perhaps if you were following your own advice (about not needing to acknowledge anything) then you wouldn't have replied to the thread in the first place.
its an open discussion and i am allowed to say what i feel. whether you like it or not that is how i feel and i dont need you telling me i am being disrespectful because you dont know me, therefore your opinion of me doesnt go very far, not that it would much if you did know me. if anything, you were being completely disrespectful to me, and quite possibly others who did not completely back up their statements or go in-dept about what they meant. blatantly telling people theyre being disrespectful with a set of morals that are your own brings everyone nowhere. besides, did i say "im glad he died" or some shit like that? no. so i dont know what the fuck you think i was trying to say, because i see absolutely nothing wrong with what i did.

secondly, i was acknowledging the fact that i dont need to acknowledge his death, if you really think about it, its not the same thing you were saying, that is, if its not that difficult of a concept to grasp for you.

[Ander]

A child died in a South American Kathie Lee Clothing Line sweatshop tonight.

[JohnnyB]

It always sucks when you hear about somebody dieing. I always say rip or something like that. No, I dont know the man, no I dont know if he was good or bad. But I do know he died, and for that I have to contribute my sympathy. Thousands of people die every day, and if I hear about a certain person, or group of people through news or forums or something else, once again Ill contribute my sympathy. For example, the tsunami disaster. That was a lot of people lost that day. Who here can actually say they disregarded the lost people without giving the slightest bit of sympathy? Not me.

[Ant]

Originally posted by Jila+Jul 4 2005, 04:42 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Jila @ Jul 4 2005, 04:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Ant@Jul 3 2005, 06:22 PM
No, I do comprehend what you're saying and what you mean completely. Perhaps you should read my posts all the way through. I didn't skip that part at all -- and I still contend it's extremely disrespectful to come in here and say something like that.

Perhaps if you were following your own advice (about not needing to acknowledge anything) then you wouldn't have replied to the thread in the first place.
its an open discussion and i am allowed to say what i feel. whether you like it or not that is how i feel and i dont need you telling me i am being disrespectful because you dont know me, therefore your opinion of me doesnt go very far, not that it would much if you did know me. if anything, you were being completely disrespectful to me, and quite possibly others who did not completely back up their statements or go in-dept about what they meant. blatantly telling people theyre being disrespectful with a set of morals that are your own brings everyone nowhere. besides, did i say "im glad he died" or some shit like that? no. so i dont know what the fuck you think i was trying to say, because i see absolutely nothing wrong with what i did.

secondly, i was acknowledging the fact that i dont need to acknowledge his death, if you really think about it, its not the same thing you were saying, that is, if its not that difficult of a concept to grasp for you. [/b][/quote]
Go ahead and keep hurling the insults... it really helps get your point across.

You're right... it is an open discussion, and you can say what you feel. Doesn't change it from being disrespectful. I don't have to know you to know that it's disrespectful -- if I saw someone peeing on someone's tombstone I'd consider it disrespectful, I don't need to know them, just like I don't need to know you.

Nope, you never said that. What you basically said in your post (albiet not exactly in this manner) was 'people die everyday, who cares?'. Tell me, why'd you even bother replying? You still haven't answered that question yet.

But, whatever. I'm going to stop replying because I don't want to get this topic locked. Go ahead and reply and insult me 20 more times, though -- I really don't care.

[Jila]

fine, you can go ahead and think i was being disrespectful, but i know i wasnt because your interpretation of 'people die everyday, who cares?' is completely false, and changing my words and telling me what i meant does absoultely nothing.

and yes, i have answered your question in why i replied. go read.

i really dont want to be arguing with you because you obviously have to interpret what i say in your own way, but i will defend myself if you keep telling me how i act.

[forgottenlp52]

I miyself hate WalMart. Ya there prices are low but the fact that there trying to take away my dads job is crazy. There against the Union. I think the kids in Adfrica dying is more important than him dying, no disrepect but it is.