ian smith died. i thought he was dead already. i guess he just seemed like a guy from another era, when expressions of white superiority were open and viewed as acceptable. so i suppose just assumed that he must be dead. or maybe it's because i've already filled my "ian smith" spot with someone else.
there's gotta be a word for that, when you hear someone dies and realize that you already thought that someone was dead. it happens too often not to have a word. or perhaps it just happens too often to me. it just doesn't seem to take all that much for me to give one up for dead.
