Not my tragedy
The world is in mourning this week, if I go by bloggers, newscasts and chat groups. A known TV personality and animal conservationist has died while making a new TV-series and many are talking/writing about it, mostly with much sadness and sense of loss. I do not share this sense of loss and, from what others say to me, that's wrong of me.
Look: A lot of people liked this particular person; I didn't and so never watched his shows. I try not be a hypocrite, so I'm not going to say I'm sad when I'm not. It's not my tragedy - it's his loved ones' tragedy. Some other time, a celebrity I care about will die and I will be momentarily saddened by that person's passing, but nothing like what I feel when someone I actually know passes. And I think that's right of me.
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But on the bright side, I now know that stingrays can kill you, so I'll avoid them from here on out. Thanks, Steve!
Peeps will always twist what you say if they want to argue.
I'm sure you are a very caring person, Keera.
AK, han fortalte kameraten sin at han hadde hatt sin beste måned i livet, noensinne, så selv om det ble dramatisk, tror jeg at han var lykkelig helt til siste slutt. Og klart at man skal bli lei seg når romanskikkelser dør! Jeg liker heller ikke når de tar livet av favorittene mine i TV-serier.
Jeff, that was the topic of Irwin's last show. I'm glad it wasn't a waste of time. ;-)
I've had a lot of family deaths to deal with in my lifetime. I'm a bit numb when it comes to grieving over deaths of people I don't much know. I don't watch TV. I didn't know Steve Irwin except for the uproar over him holding his baby whilst feeding crocs a while back. He was young. He left a grieving wife, children. I'm sorry for that, but I just can't drum up any feeling inside of grief over his death except for empathy for his family.
Hereabouts, a child dies. People pile pictures and teddy bears and what-all at the death site and chip in a fortune for a fancy funeral.
Give that money you just spent on teddy bears to the living, I always want to say. A dead child doesn't care about teddy bears and candles and chocolate. Give that money to a nonprofit that provides after school care or trips to the ballpark or grief counseling for the living.
Yah. So. I'm a heartless bitch too.