aquascoot wrote on Jul 10
th, 2018 at 7:33am:
a wonderful story of "hero mythology".
this is why it taps into something deep in our pysche.
now watch the post modern intellectuals
1 call for the coach to be charged
2 have a small army of psychologists ready to make the boys feel 'weak and vulnerable", when they should be paraded before the adoring masses and given medals to make them feel "strong and powerful"
First thing you have ever posted that I agree with.
Reading this Thread has been a bit of a revelation. It seems some people reckon that we all do not have access to the same schmedia reports they do, and there is a race to be the first to post about it here, even using the 'breaking' introduction.
For some, their posts suggest there is some sort of vicarious voyerurism involved.
Is this about observers getting some sort of personal vindication/gratification/justification by coat tailing on the lives and efforts of others?
I still have not got a good grip on what they are doing to make themselves the best most worthy clappers.
It might well be me. I have never been into heroes.....people who simply do their job, or something they love doing for their own satisfaction.
Is this truly 'trauma porn,' and we all are supposed to get off because the 7th Cavalry arrives to do its job?
It's as though they cannot wait to either beat their breasts if there is a death, or to claim personal ownership of any success.
There is something to this, beyond 'trauma porn,' or 'train wreck' gawking. There are people who make this very personal to them, when in fact....nothing they say or do will have any impact whatsoever on success or otherwise, yet they rabbit on desperately wanting some recognition for their personal cheerleading and emotional outpouring.
I do not get it. Might be just a quirk in me, but is how I see it.
I, just like everyone, hope it all turns out well for those trapped and those who are rescuing. That's it. End of emotional commitment.
Some bugger has died.....and he is now not now even mentioned.
I have been reminded of another possible aspect of this. Is it true that some people are only able to get behind something that has an immediate resolution? The backing of safe horses, as it were?