"We're all weeping now, weeping because there ain't nothing we can do to protect you..."

[barush]

Perhaps some of you have heard about the plane crash that occurred yesterday in Russia, in which an entire hockey team died. There weren't only Russian players in that team, as you might have guessed, some of them were from Germany, Slovakia, and three from the Czech Republic. All of them dead.

I'm not a huge fan of hockey, but even in spite of my

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[cat_irix]

"When you live next to the cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone."

There's too much fucked-up shit happening in this world, I don't think one should be "obliged" to take anything personally unless they can't help it. But media loves disasters and tragedies because they're profitable (bring more readers/viewers), and they portray them so effectively that it creates a surge of emotions in impressionable people who then need an outlet to release these emotions.

(I've read it on a news site and was badly shocked even though I couldn't care less about hockey, perhaps because it had happened in Russia and I still feel a connection to it. But I don't feel a need to mention it publicly. If I were a fan of that team, of course I'd be totally devastated.)

[barush]

Yeah, that's kinda what I meant. You can't weep for everybody, so save it for smb you've known and cared about and not the random disasters media chooses to write about.

And sure, I was shocked and saddened as well. The thing that bugs me are people, who have never seen a hockey match before, saying how devastated and depressed they are. In my opinion, that's disrespectful to the families and friends of the victims.

[demetrelli]

For a moment I thought you were going to say how deeply you mourn for these people haha! I'm glad you wrote all this because I'm always thinking the same whenever such a tragedy happens! I have to say I agree with your and cat_irix' analysis. Tragedies make the best food for the media and viewers love to take part in it. I personally think it goes even deeper in our wish to hear sad stories, to identify with them and eventually by releasing our negative emotions find catharsis. It sounds like a strange mix from theatre and psychoanalysis, I wish I could describe better what I have in mind!

[barush]

Lol it sounds like it in the beginning, doesn't it? I by no means want to somehow lighten that tragedy, however, I do hate that those people acknowledge their so-called heroes only after their death. Also, I'm not entirely sure it's about catharsis or releasing emotions though. Well, for some, sure, but I'd say that in most cases it's more about being 'hip' and going with the current trend. I'm sure all those people mourned deeply for Michael Jackson too. And they'll do the same thing when the next media covered tragedy comes around, their hockey 'heroes' long forgotten.