Boston bombs and Margaret Thatcher; hatred, prudence

[dustthouart]

I was planning on making a post today about Margaret Thatcher's death and the "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" campaign. I was planning on writing about how disappointing it is that people can often be more readily motivated to work from a motive of hatred rather than love or positive action. I was going to write about what all those 99 pence could

Comments

[akcipitrokulo]

I have the same reactions to kids being harmed - it's become a lot stronger since Peter arrived.

Prudence is a good thing, but you're right, it's not dramatic enough to be celebrated generally!

[tigrebella]

The most disturbing part of the media coverage (for me)is how desperate they are to have the "exclusive" and usually that means going up to a person who just went through an unbelievably difficult experience and expect them to provide a great soundbite for the evening news.