Iowahawk has an account of the life and death of Norm Snitker, the scion of a welding family in LaCrosse, Wisc. Snitker was the last of four ill-fated sons of the Snitker dynasty, whose life-long fight for free alcohol rights eclipsed his many foibles. As his pastor said at his funeral:
“Whatever his endless shortcomings were as a human being, we cannot let a few DUIs, cheese entombments and arson episodes overshadow the many good things that Norm thought he did,” said Vos. “Let us all recognize that Norm stood up for what he thought was right. No matter whether it was really right or not, and no matter how blotto he was. I suppose we all have to respect a man who can maintain that kind of fierce moral clarity. And can hold his liquor like that.”
Read the whole thing and laugh a lot.
