September 12, 2002

False Grief Syndrome Yesterday we

False Grief Syndrome

Yesterday we all were invited by CNN to wallow in the false grief of the likes of Paula Zahn and Judy Woodruff. We learned much about how hard it was for them to bear the 'tragedy'. After a little while of watching this revolting spectacle of appropriated grief I almost expected them to place a call to one of the hordes of grief counselors ready to help us 'come to closure', while inviting the listeners to 'share'. It's all part of the therapeutic culture that insists we get over it, and is mostly designed to pathologize anger and replace it with sadness about an event that, like an act of nature, simply happened. Let us leave grief to the truly grieving, the families of the murdered innocents, and work to prevent future grief being inflicted upon the rest of us by our mortal enemies.
We would do better to consult Patton (see below) or Shakespeare (courtesy of Andrea Harris in Henry the Sixth:

"Oft have I heard that grief softens the mind
Think therefore on revenge and cease to weep..."

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