First of all, Ace will be missed. Second of all, I'm not sure if you're all aware, but on
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-1022-teen-west-palm-beach,0,7346088.story there were a lot of comments that reflected negatively on the whole thing. Classless and all that stuff. I felt like posting my reply to these crude remarks elsewhere, so here they are:
"Let me get my cursing out of the way so the rest of my response can be coherent:
What the fuck do you god damn spineless bitches get out of writing these shit filled comments that no one thinks is funny? Sorry, no one that has any common sense thinks they're funny.
First, let me start off by saying I wasn't even that close to him. I had a class with him one year, and that is all I knew of him. Even in that one class, he was an awesome guy. I'll not even try to respond to the myriad of ignorant remarks that you all seem to bander about with such freedom and a lackadaisical concern for even the basest of human consideration.
But, to respond to a few: Ace wasn't some ignorant redneck like most of you seem to be. He knew how to handle guns, and it was an accident that brought upon this great loss. Furthermore, the sick jokes are statements not on the kind of person Ace was, but on the kind of person you sure as hell aren't. He was kind, and funny without being crude. That's something that not a single one of you who tried to play upon a young boys death can say. He clearly has, not had, friends who cared for him. That would be clearly evident if you could see the tears people have shed for him, or the way we've banded together at Suncoast to support each other.
For those of you who seem to like tossing around insults about his intelligence, consider your own lacking facilities first. He was going to graduate from one of the most demanding curriculum's in not only the state, not only the nation, not only the country, but around the world. International Baccalaureate. I don't expect any of you to come back and read this, but it needed to be said, and I'm sorry I can't say more for his life, I didn't know him well enough. Just know, everyone who has sympathy, that mine goes out to you, and to anyone who knew him better than I did, know that we're all here for you.
In conclusion, fuck you ignorant, uninformed imbeciles.
You're going to be missed, Ace.
R.I.P."