More of a general one but specifically in relation to the ribboned bridge tribute to the Shoreham air crash.
Have we become so obsessed with competing for the most public display of empathy, that we have lost any sense that actually, we don't know the people involved in the tragedy? So much so, that the council have been branded 'heartless' for wanting to remove the ribbons from the road bridge.
Yes it was awful, and yes, I feel for the bereaved, but they aren't the relatives of most of the people tying ribbons, the bridge has nothing to do with the rest of us and it was weeks ago now, so can't we stop pretending that we are empathising with those who were bereaved in such a shocking way. Why do we feel the need to continually berate those who are branded heartless for not empathising in public sufficiently. Surely, by keeping this roadside shrine, all we are doing is reminding the bereaved every day and thus not allowing them to grieve in their own way and we are not helping them to move on.
Ultimately, aren't we being selfish as it makes us feel good to be empathising publicly and that lets us off facing the fact that there are families involved directly who don't need another public ribbon. We feel for them, they know we aren't heartless, but we shouldn't need to feel that by not publicly empathising, we are, by default, being heartless?
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To think we are becoming overly publicly sentimental over Shoreham air crash bridge
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MrsRossPoldark · 16/10/2015 07:50
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