Saturday, September 23, 2006
Louis Farrakhan, the racist and anti-Semitic head of the Nation of Islam, told supporters Friday that he is "seriously ill" with cancer, and is preparing to die.
Good riddance. The sooner he is gone the better off the human race will be.
Nation of Islam Leader Farrakhan Says He Is Ill
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan said in a letter to followers that he is seriously ill, and he asked movement leaders to carry on in his absence to make sure the Nation of Islam "will live long after I and we have gone."
Farrakhan, 73, said he began suffering pain this year similar to 1998, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent surgery.
Since March, he has dropped more than 20 pounds while battling "serious infection and inflammation," Farrakhan said in a letter published in the Nation of Islam's the Final Call newspaper in Chicago.
We as human beings are not supposed to revel in someone's suffering before they die. But when someone is as bitterly racist and anti-Semitic as Farrakhan is, he does not deserve any semblance of compassion.