[RIP] Navy Pride

[MaggieD]

It is with a heavy heart that I announce that Navy Pride passed away this past May. After being inactive for quite some time, I sent an e-mail off to him about 2 months ago. His grandson recently replied to inform me of his passing. Love him or hate him, he grew up in a different time and a different world than what we all live in today. His views spurred a lot of debate, both good and bad. He had been a member here since 2005 and helped grow DP into what it is today.

He shared his obituary with me and I have asked for permission to share it with the rest of the forum. If he is OK with this, I will post it here.

That is sad. It was nice of his grandson to let us know.

He had strong opinions and, yes, he grew up in a different time. You could almost tell by the thread title Navy was back. Ha!

Ya' know, lots of us would voice total opposite opinions quite dramatically, but VERY few here ever attacked him personally.

I'm guessing this forum provided many hours of entertainment for him. He certainly added great color to Debate Politics.

Smooth sailing, Navy.

 

[Renae]

This saddens me even more than I would think. Fair Winds and following seas shipmate.

Hear Hear!

 

[Renae]

Too bad he couldn't have seen some of nice things said about him here.

Oh he sees them X, he's in a better place, riding the waves of heaven and smiling down on us.

 

[Moot]

This is sad news. RIP Navy Pride.

 

[clownboy]

Fair winds and following seas my friend.

 

[Real Korimyr #9]

May he rest in the arms of his ancestors.

 

[The Mark]

Damn.

RIP Navy Pride.

I may not have agreed with him much, but he was almost an expected part of my DP experience. Will be missed.

 

[MaggieD]

It is with a heavy heart that I announce that Navy Pride passed away this past May. After being inactive for quite some time, I sent an e-mail off to him about 2 months ago. His grandson recently replied to inform me of his passing. Love him or hate him, he grew up in a different time and a different world than what we all live in today. His views spurred a lot of debate, both good and bad. He had been a member here since 2005 and helped grow DP into what it is today.

He shared his obituary with me and I have asked for permission to share it with the rest of the forum. If he is OK with this, I will post it here.

It would be cool if you made sure his grandson saw these posts.

 

[Kal'Stang]

It would be cool if you made sure his grandson saw these posts.

I was just thinking the same Maggie.

I don't care about a person's politics. He brought something special to this forum and he will be missed. R.I.P NavyPride.

 

[cpwill]

This is just too sad..... RIP my rightwing friend.

The man was old school, in the good ways, the bad ways, the complex ways, but always and on every forum, 100% himself.

Fair winds and following seas, old sailor.

 

[Jredbaron96]

Communicating solely through text on a forum really takes away some aspects of human connection. It's hard to come to terms with losing NP. He was a good man, definitely from a different time, but that was part of why I liked him. I hate to see him go.

 

[pbrauer]

RIP My right wing friend

 

[longview]

RIP Navy Pride,
Reading through the thread this came to mind.



Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie,
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.

This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be,
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.

 

[Risky Thicket]

Even though we often disagreed every time Navy Pride posted to me it was clear to me that there was a twinkle in his eye. I know there was a twinkle in my eye when I posted to him. NP got and I never doubted that nor did I doubt his sincerity.

RIP my right wing friend.

 

[Medusa]

I am so sorry .he was a lovely old guy..I hope he is in heaven now

 

[Crosscheck]

I happen to live in the same state as he did. Always thought about how great it would be to have a beer with him some day. We disagreed on everything from politics to sports.

But I know there is this internet version of yourself and then there is this real version of yourself. I think over a beer we could probably share a few chuckles.
His internet version of himself seemed to be angry alot and would just want to let him know it isn't worth it. Just enjoy life as we learn now that it is shorter than you expect.

RIP NP

 

[CriticalThought]

Damn. I loved giving him a hard time. I can't imagine how many times we debated. That sucks. I liked him. His absence was very noticeable.

 

[Thorgasm]

R.I.P. Navy Pride.

 

[Truckstop]

Damn, he was the first on DP to call me a rino, i liked reading his posts even though we really never agreed.

 

[beefheart]

Well, he gave as well as he took. Forum arguments are just that, I'd gladly have a beer with the guy or anyone here.

RIP

 

[Captain America]

I hope he's having better luck with St. Peter, pleading his case, than he had here.

I'm gonna miss the ol' coot.

 

[reinoe]

Wow, I picked the wrong time to start listening to "Mad World" by Gary Jules. Goodbye and happy sailing sir.



It's a mad world.

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere

Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you,
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world, mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
And to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen

Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me, what's my lesson?
Look right through me, look right through me

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you,
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world, mad world, enlarging your world, mad world.

 

[shrubnose]

Didn't agree with his politics, but NP and I became friends several years ago when another poster (now banned) tried to form a cabal to get HIM banned. I was one of the people who discovered it and quashed it, and though NP was very opposed to my politics, he never forgot that I had supported him and was always friendly to me, even in the heat of debate-battle. I always respected that ability to separate the person from the politics. When he wasn't here for a while, I had suspected that this had occurred, but that doesn't make it any less sad.

RIP my right wing friend.

I totally agree. I hope that wherever he ends up there's always lots of good hot coffee and people to talk with.

I would have been happy to drink a beer with him.

 

[shrubnose]

Communicating solely through text on a forum really takes away some aspects of human connection. It's hard to come to terms with losing NP. He was a good man, definitely from a different time, but that was part of why I liked him. I hate to see him go.

This forum just won't be the same without him.

RIP.

 

[rjay]

I am suprised with myself.

I did not know Navy Pride at all.

I read his posts in the last year or two and determined he was a idealogue, he could not be reasoned with.

Yet, like learning of the loss of a lovable curmudgeon, I am deeply saddened. More than I have a right to be.

Yet, I am deeply saddenned and i feel for those who feel the loss, much more deeply than I ever could.

A voice has been silenced. Can things get more sadder than that?

I bid a fond fairwell to a man I suspect I would love to disagree with, until all the beer and whiskey ran dry.

My greatest pleasure would be to meet you on the other side.