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Re: Moment of silence?
Dear Minors,
Excuse the non-Gould posting, but I feel safer because Mary Jo led the
way!
Princess Diana may deserve a Web "moment of silence," but there's no doubt
in my mind that Mother Teresa deserves one far, far more. To propose a
spin on one of GG's games--
"If you were Glenn Gould, which person would you prefer: Princess Diana or
Mother Teresa?"
Glenn knew all about constructing an identity through the media, and the
Princess Diana so many mourn was a media creation. So too, I guess, is our
image of Mother Teresa, but for the Princess humanitarian work was part of
her public relations; caring for others was Mother Teresa's life, and a
nobler life is difficult to imagine.
Robert
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> From: Mark Williamson <mwilliamson@alston.com>
> To: f_minor@email.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Diana?
> Date: Friday, September 05, 1997 11:16 AM
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> The revolutionary liberal in me agrees with you; my
> sensitive side mourns the loss of Diana; and some other
> hidden corner of my persona believes that Diana married
> Charles, and that the Queen married Philip. Am I spelling
> Philip's name correctly?
>
> Warm hugs . . .
>
> Mark
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> Subject: Diana?
> Author: Ingvar Loco Nordin <loco.nordin@mbox200.swipnet.se> at internet
> Date: 9/5/97 4:53 PM
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> I do not understand this... There must be some slip in my logic. I just
> cannot see the relevance of the Princess's untimely death. There are
> thousands of car crashes all over the place every day. People get smashed
> to jelly all over the planet, in traffic accidents.
>
> Now, when someone like the Princess goes down, the whole world cries.
Why?
> What did she do, this young brat? Nothing that she deservers to be
> remembered for. All she did was marry that brat Philip, who himself did
> nothing either, except being born to the brat the Queen of England, who
> herself did nothing but being the Queen. Nobody did anything to be
> remembered for. Diana married Philip, and then she suddenly causes the
> world to mourn when she has an accident. Silly, so silly!
>
> The magnitude of this inadequate mourning shows all the more, when the
list
> gets it too!!!
>
> All of this of course has it's cause in people's need for magic. We are
> very much governed by magic, and not so much by logic.
>
> But it is silly!
>
> Best,
>
> Loco
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