Earlier this week Mr. Hanberg posted on Ken Lay's death, postulating that every reporter in the country would be trying to get proof that he committed suicide rather than go to prison. While that claim is still speculation, speaking at his funeral his friend Rev. Dr. Bill Lawson compared Lay to MLK and Jesus Christ. I haven't seen the MLK quote, but the Jesus comparison apparently was made because, like Christ, Lay "was crucified by a government that mistreated him."
Hmmm. Let's look at the two possibilities: one, that Lay was a saint who was snowed by a hostile government (which he had made countless donations to and was on a nickname basis with ol' W) and convicted of a crime he didn't commit, or two, that Lay was at the head of one of the biggest fiduciary misconduct cases of the last 50 years, caused thousands of people to lose crippling amounts of money and then was convicted by a jury of twelve people who thought he might have done something wrong.
I'm all for speaking well of the dead, but let's not rewrite history here, people.
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