OF HUBRIS AND “RAT FARTS!”

A Louisiana lawyer stood in the back of boat during a thunderstorm, and with arms raised to the heavens proclaimed, ”Here I am!” Moments later a bolt of lightning struck N. Graves Thomas in the head killing him instantly.

Thomas, a former state prosecutor and assistant U.S. attorney, had garnered a reputation as a firebrand and maverick, whose clients included cop killers, mob figures, white-collar criminals, and drug smugglers. At the time of the incident, Thomas was representing a man accused of recklessness in a boating accident that killed three people on the lake.

Idle proclamations can have dire consequences.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. (Galatians 6:7)

I.M. Kane

For more on the story, see Boater Says, ‘Here I Am’ — Lightning Hits from United Press International.

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