Common Sense

A reader sent in a story about a young soldier, Nicholas Sowinski, who was killed in Iraq. The story was suppposedly from Nick’s godparents. According to Nick’s mother, Diane, who commented on the post:

Dear Bruce, Paul, Stan, and unnamed cousins: This is Diane, Nick’s mom. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your comments and caring, and if you can make it to the services, please feel free to come.
However, I need to say something else. Nick doesn’t have godparents. We are not Italian or Ukranian. He did not turn around in 24 hours to head back to Iraq. There are many inaccuracies and untruths in the statement about “my godson”, and it saddens me to think that anyone would need to write something like this. Why? Nick’s death is heartbreaking enough without someone trying to capitalize on it.
Nick’s obituary is in today’s paper, and the times and places are there for the services.
Again, to those of you who really are grieving, I send you all of God’s blessings and my greatest thanks for your thoughts of my son.

So I have switched the post to a private post that is not accessible to the general web. The same goes for all the comments. So long as there are inaccuracies, I cannot in good conscience keep the post up.

To Mrs. Sowinski, I can only apologize if this has added any more grief to the already unimaginable burden you must bear. I offer no excuse, except to say that to the best of my ability to authenticate it, the story seemed true and was gripping, so I posted it. And I got it as a forward from a reliable, regular reader. If Diane chooses to, I would be happy to put the page back up, along with the comments from family and friends as a place for all of you to grieve in your own way.

I’m certainly not opposed to giving Mrs. Sowinski a login to edit the post herself to correct it as she sees fit. At this particular moment, though, I’m sure she has much more important things to do than worry about this Web site.

Again, I’m very sorry if this has hurt you in any way, Mrs. Sowinski. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

A reader sent in a story about a young soldier, Nicholas Sowinski, who was killed in Iraq. The story was suppposedly from Nick’s godparents. According to Nick’s mother, Diane, who commented on the post:

Dear Bruce, Paul, Stan, and unnamed cousins: This is Diane, Nick’s mom. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your comments and caring, and if you can make it to the services, please feel free to come.
However, I need to say something else. Nick doesn’t have godparents. We are not Italian or Ukranian. He did not turn around in 24 hours to head back to Iraq. There are many inaccuracies and untruths in the statement about “my godson”, and it saddens me to think that anyone would need to write something like this. Why? Nick’s death is heartbreaking enough without someone trying to capitalize on it.
Nick’s obituary is in today’s paper, and the times and places are there for the services.
Again, to those of you who really are grieving, I send you all of God’s blessings and my greatest thanks for your thoughts of my son.

So I have switched the post to a private post that is not accessible to the general web. The same goes for all the comments. So long as there are inaccuracies, I cannot in good conscience keep the post up.

To Mrs. Sowinski, I can only apologize if this has added any more grief to the already unimaginable burden you must bear. I offer no excuse, except to say that to the best of my ability to authenticate it, the story seemed true and was gripping, so I posted it. And I got it as a forward from a reliable, regular reader. If Diane chooses to, I would be happy to put the page back up, along with the comments from family and friends as a place for all of you to grieve in your own way.

I’m certainly not opposed to giving Mrs. Sowinski a login to edit the post herself to correct it as she sees fit. At this particular moment, though, I’m sure she has much more important things to do than worry about this Web site.

Again, I’m very sorry if this has hurt you in any way, Mrs. Sowinski. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.