that's what I mean
when a suicide bomber in iraq blows up a bus full of kids, we go, oh dear that's a shame, but here, 33 grown ups khark it and we're shitting ourselves. I don't really knwo what my point is, but it just seems wrong somehow. Of course, when Princess Di died, the whole fucking country cried (except b3ta, of course, my saviour) which seems like too much compared to this.

/struggling for equality in outpourings of greif
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:43, archived)

i understand what you're saying
but it's all about proximity - we're being made aware of our own mortality. Let's face it 1 million people starve to death in Etheopia (sp?) and we don't flinch, if an old lady starved to death in the house next door, we'd all be completely freaked. it's OK, it's a normal coping mechanism.
/edit - www.b3ta.com/talk/624872 - put it a lot better!
(lemonymillenniumbaboon, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:47, archived)

you're all right
i still think it's weird though
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:48, archived)

b3ta didn't exist when Diana died
although I personally remember working out how to play God Save The Queen on a spanish guitar as a tribute.
( rob, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:47, archived)

How many of those clocks did you sell in the end?
If there had been a b3ta, the board would have been a sight worth seeing that day, I'm sure...
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:50, archived)

sounds like a potential contest idea...

( Staticgirl, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 17:13, archived)

it's easy, don't grieve for anyone,
grieving is for the families and people who actually knew them.
( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:47, archived)

that's like saying that you should be as sad when a stranger's mum dies as when your mum dies.
it's proximity and the threat to yourself.
( Dirty Bob hasn't been here for ages, Thu 7 Jul 2005, 16:47, archived)