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http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl General Discussion >> General Board >> Quakers Nursing Home Fire Memorial http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1322003989 Message started by Equitist on Nov 23^rd, 2011 at 9:19am

Title: Quakers Nursing Home Fire Memorial
Post by Equitist on Nov 23^rd, 2011 at 9:19am

The Memorial is being telecast on ABC24...

Dunno about anyone else, but I'm finding the symbolism and theatre of the whole thing to be distressingly-macabre...

I, for one, am not sure that such an approach is helpful to those who are grieving in the wake of the tragedy...

Anyways, RIP to those who have died and best wishes to all who were directly affected and their loved ones and their community!

xox

Title: Re: Quakers Nursing Home Fire Memorial
Post by pansi1951 on Nov 23^rd, 2011 at 5:24pm

Yeah! nem it must be pretty tough to see your loved one live to a ripe old age then get wiped out like that.

Condolences to those who have lost loved ones.

The media usually turn memorials into a circus, one way or another.

Title: Re: Quakers Nursing Home Fire Memorial
Post by chicken_lipsforme on Nov 24^th, 2011 at 10:17am

Personally, I'd rather watch a live hanging of the maggot that lit the fire in the first place.
But that's not going to happen, but neither will I watch the other media circus.