They really must not have been very close friends...
William Shatner Tweets His Regrets That He Can't Attend Leonard Nimoy's Funeral
William Shatner took to Twitter on Saturday to express his regret over having to miss Leonard Nimoy's funeral.
Though the two "Star Trek" actors were very close friends, Shatner explained in a series of tweets that he won't be able to attend Nimoy's funeral on Sunday, due to a previous commitment to appear at the Red Cross Ball in Florida Saturday night.[You've got to be kidding...if a close friend died, you'd punt a fund raiser for the occasion, wouldn't you?] Though he will not be present at the funeral, Shatner said he plans to honor Nimoy's life from afar.
That's pretty cold...
Not even showing up for the funeral, and coming up with this lame ass excuse..."I'm sorry, I had another obligation"....
He had a work contract that he was obligated to fulfill; to not appear could have been financially ruinous for the organization he contracted with, and would have opened him up to a claim for breach of contract that could have far exceeded what he was being paid for the event.
Nimoy was a consummate professional and would have seen it as highly unprofessional for Shatner to renege on a contract in order to satisfy his private grief.
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Scooter--even if he wasn't contractually obligated to be there (and given how charity events often change the roster of celebrities he might not have been) and faced no penalties, I wouldn't fault him for not going. People grieve differently, and some people detest funerals and won't attend them. I'd much rather drop everything to see someone alive and visit with them, rather than do the same for their funeral. I don't see what the big deal is.
Joe Guy wrote:In other words, it would have been illogical attend the funeral.
Perfection.
And as BigRR posted, Shatner did tweet or comment or somehow convey the point about everyone grieving in their own way, and he would definitely be grieving for his friend. In his own way.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
While I agree with you BSG about the fact that others should not be attacking him, Shatner did make it other people's business by tweeting about it and explaining himself.
Bank of Canada is pleading with Star Trek fans to stop “Spocking” its five dollar bills. Since Leonard Nimoy’s death, Canadian folks have been “Spocking” the hell out of the five dollar bill that features a portrait of Canada’s seventh prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Sir Wilfrid now sports, on certain bills at least, pointy ears, the signature Vulcan haircut and eyebrows and Spock’s mantra “Live long and prosper.”
According to Bank of Canada it’s not illegal to do this but:
“...However, there are important reasons why it should not be done. Writing on a bank note may interfere with the security features and reduces its lifespan. Markings on a note may also prevent it from being accepted in a transaction. Furthermore, the Bank of Canada feels that writing and markings on bank notes are inappropriate as they are a symbol of our country and a source of national pride.”
I say Spock the hell out of ‘em if it ain’t illegal. Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s face wasn’t that interesting, anyway. In fact, let’s just make this a permanent improvement to the Canadian five dollar bill.
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
