Turns out that I was not the only one offended by the content of Ken Lay's biography and obituary:
From the Letters to the Editor of this morning's Aspen Daily News:
Editor:
I just finished reading your paper's obituary of Kenneth Lay and was somewhat puzzled by the dichotomy between Kenneth Lay, convicted felon in one of the two biggest corporate scandals in American history, and your article.
I understand not dwelling on the negative but this man was not a good Christian in any sense of the word. He destroyed many, many more lives than he ever enriched outside of his family.
Kenneth Lay was like all men, filled with both admirable qualities and despicable ones. He led the massive defrauding of millions of dollars from thousands of people and lied to his own employees while dumping his own personal stock holding in Enron. In my book and the Bible, these are not good Christian values.
I am assuming that stealing from others is perfectly permissible in your Bible. You must have a different edition than mine.
John Busted
Baltimore, Maryland
Mr. Busted, please e-mail me at abelpharmboy (AT) gmail (Dot) com so that I may buy you a beverage of your choice while here in the glorious Roaring Fork Valley.
One final note: my bartender showed me the bar manifest from my first night here and I learned that Mr Jeffrey Skilling stopped by just after I picked up dinner for the family Sunday night - so sorry to have missed him.