On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I had to stop watching. The whole world is mourning the persona of
> Michael Jackson, which is very different than a daughter mourning her
> father. That is real, and not something the public needs to be a part
> of. Actual grief, not show business bullsh*t, is tragic and personal,
> and shame on anyone who feels compelled to watch that. Shame on
> whoever thought it would be a good idea to thrust her onto a stage at
> what has to be the most difficult time in her life. And shame on
> anyone for televising that.
> --
> Kevin M. (RPCV)
>

I think this is also somewhat culturally biased or blindness. The black
community is more open to big public displays of grief. Funerals in my
family were big public affairs.



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