Grief Ghouls - You Make Me Sick!!
By robspeakman
@robspeakman (1700)
March 28, 2013 5:20pm CST
Anybody who knows me will know that this is one of my biggest pet hates.
The GRIEF GHOULS - The callous disgusting people that turn up at candlelit vigils without knowing the dead...
So here we go, In the UK in the last couple of days a 16 year girls was killed after being mauled by four dogs.
Cue distant family members and strangers off the street to weep openly on TV as they desrible what a wonderful person Whoever was... BooHoo BooHoo, Is my make up ok?
This may seem overly cynical, but it isn't. The people that die do have genuine family and friends that are distraught, they have no need for the scum that turn up outside houses for their phoney candlelit vigils.
A month ago, a schoolgirl was killed on a bus by a nutter on the way to school. Her deeply affected "Friends" then went and completed a full days education, reapplied their tacky scummy and cheap looking make up before approaching the ghoulish TV cameras to tell them how wonderful she was and how devastated they were... yeah whatever.
It is never genuine - "We must show our grief" it is "OH Look TV cameras"
Grief is a personal experience - not a show or a spectator sport.
People shouldn't show up uninvited - it isn't right
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
29 Mar 13
Add me to the list of those that agree with you. The real family and friends are grieving enough and don't need the added craziness of all these people. I think that whenever something so tragic as those events mentioned in this discussion happens, many of us have empathy. So light a candle and say a prayer for the family but those vigils and memorials for people that don't know them are ridiculous. I really do understand feeling sad for someone that you don't even know. I sometimes cry when I hear some of these stories. I don't grieve them...I just get sad. There is a difference.
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@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
29 Mar 13
Here in mx, they come out by the hundreds. Its a shame. leave the families alone.
@robspeakman (1700)
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29 Mar 13
Well said - empathy and sadness. No need to intrude
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
29 Mar 13
Grief is a personal experience - not a show or a spectator sport I think you summed it up rather well. I tend to be skeptical of any over the top emotion, grief or joy. I do not like the crowd mentality either.
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@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
29 Mar 13
Well said, we all need to left alone at a time like that. Shame on people for doing that.
@robspeakman (1700)
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29 Mar 13
Thank you - I honestly thought on this one, that I was on my own. I did expect someone to say something along the United in grief.
I am pleasantly surprised that so many agree
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@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
29 Mar 13
Need a shovel? its getting real thick in here at my lot.
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@robspeakman (1700)
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29 Mar 13
You make up is lovely, but the fake tan is not a good look for you
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
29 Mar 13
the same thing happens on this Island too and it is more than sickening. They do not ven know the person sometimes. Am in total agreement with yhou on this one. Stay away!Let the family mourn in privacy and peace. It is none of your business either!
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@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
29 Mar 13
Amen, as some families just want to be left alone at a time like that. I know I sure would.
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@robspeakman (1700)
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29 Mar 13
It does make me angry - I hate be in that position
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
28 Mar 13
I agree with you on this one. It makes me sick too. A lot of these so-called grief-stricken individuals are only there for the cameras.
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@robspeakman (1700)
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29 Mar 13
Has been going on since the Diana days - It is pathetic
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@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
29 Mar 13
Sometimes here in mx, goes on for days. I hate it...
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
29 Mar 13
That is awful that they do it just to be on camera. A family truly lost someone and they are just there to be seen basically. Terrible. They should let the family be and let them grieve.
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@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
29 Mar 13
Your right, they do it solely for the publicity. Shame on them.
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@robspeakman (1700)
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29 Mar 13
It says a lot about how shallow our culture is becoming when people use this method to get on TV
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Mar 13
hi robspeakmanm I gree those are ghouls who just push in that
do not even know the person., But what of the ghoulish media person who shoves a mike in to a grieving mom's face and asks :"How does losing your son by drowning make you feel.?" I would l I were the mom want to hit that reporter with something.the whole shoddy mess of medias playing on peoples sympathies irritates me highly. WE should let people grieve alone not sensationalize it.
@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
3 Apr 13
I understand this. Look, you're right. The girls real true friends would not be on camera, they would either go to the service or grieve alone at home. They are camera hogs. No doubt about that. That don't sit well with me either. And every time you see a news cast like that, everyone always says that the person was a good person, whether they ere or not. It does make you wonder.
