Friday 31 August 2007

People Die,It Happens.

I didn't do the Diana thing, I had the good fortune to be on holiday in Florida when large numbers of people completely lost the plot, never regretted it either. I had no problem with the late Princess of Wales, but I have trouble with the way people tried to out-grieve each other in such a ridiculous manner. Most of those participating had never met her, neither had I. Yes it was sad that someone died at such a relatively young age as it always is, particularly violent, pointless and wholly avoidable death. (I think you will find that travelling at excess speed in a car driven by someone who has been drinking and not wearing a seat-belt comes under the heading " To Be Avoided".) So why has the death of someone thought of as a force for good, lead to so much bitterness, nastiness and ill feeling? At the time the last people considered were those closest to her, that would be her sons. Acts of violence were reported against those who didn't want to participate in the national blubfest, and the haranguing of the Queen, (whos priority I would have thought was her grandchildren,) was nothing short of disgraceful.
And so it continues, as Egyptian grocers and ridiculous posturing barristers reduce British justice to a farce, some people seem keen to remember by dictating who should or shouldn't turn up at her memorial service, surely a matter for her sons, whether her friends or her own dysfunctional family agree. The only lesson from Dianas death is that nobody is immortal.

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