Guest, you must have missed some of the other Reagan threads. I'm no fan of his on any level. But there reaches a point when you draw a line as to how far the invective needs to bleed away from the target. I didn't say anything about their suffering, I said I wouldn't wish Aldzheimers on anyone--I presume this was a difficult life, you're the one who suggested this might result in drawing false correlations in suffering. For most people, losing a spouse or a parent is painful, no matter what the circumstances.