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If you are feeling bad, why are you saying it? This feels like you are standing on a soapbox and it's hard to think you are actually sorry for it when you are d

by pekk 14y ago

If you are feeling bad, why are you saying it? This feels like you are standing on a soapbox and it's hard to think you are actually sorry for it when you are doing it intentionally.

benatkin 14y ago
Because guilt isn't an emotion that can always be trusted.
noonespecial 14y ago
I'm just a dude facing a big stab of mental dissonance right now. I'm not trying to push a political agenda. My brother ran in and finished the marathon last year. I didn't make it out to see him and I wish I had. So the first thing I feel is dread, it takes a moment to resolve that he wasn't there, and then I think will I ever be able to get close enough to reach out my hand to him as he comes down the final stretch again or did I miss that chance forever? Will it be all police cars, dogs and jersey walls from here on out? This sucks.
- Terretta 14y ago
  > Will it be all police cars, dogs and jersey walls from here on out? The video from the camera man on the ground at the finish line shows countless cops at the finish line. All that police presence did not prevent the detonation.
chadillac83 14y ago
Feeling bad about having a legitimate stance in the face of a tragedy isn't cause for self censorship. It might be social pariahism, but it's not cause enough for one to bite their tongue.
smrtinsert 14y ago
because he desperately needs attention and right now boston has it.
- ryguytilidie 14y ago
  I know when I desperately need attention I come to hackernews. Sick logic.
bmelton 14y ago
I felt the same way. My first thought was that I was glad there weren't any assault weapons involved, for which I was immediately ashamed. Immediately after that I was disgusted that Bloomberg.com wanted me to watch an ad for a new Mercedes before I could check on the well-being of my fellow humans. I'm not proud of my thoughts, and I'm not proud of the hundred or so sarcastic remarks that I've thought of since I first heard the news either. I am genuinely saddened that this happened, and my most sincere hope is that whomever did so is apprehended quickly and that nobody else is injured or killed while that happens. At the same time, the explosion looks (at least to me) like Tannerite, and I'm also thinking that perhaps Tannerite is going to get banned, or regulated, despite being, basically, iron oxide; which would make such a ban pretty futile.
- larrys 14y ago
  " Immediately after that I was disgusted that Bloomberg.com wanted me to watch an ad" Are you suggesting that they should have some automatic kill switch implemented in advance which they can hit to show sensitivity? [1] Networks also run commercials to make money it's part of how they can afford to do what they do. Of course I've seen cases where networks don't run commercials on rare occasions. [1] And why do they need to do this? Are you willing to pay for access instead so they don't have to run any advertising?
  - bmelton 14y ago
    No, I'm not, and obviously they have every right to. At just seemed crass at the moment. I admit that I was just having an overly emotional response at the time and do not fault them for it whatsoever.
  - joahua 14y ago
    I work for a large media organization and we have the ability to suspend advertising in response to crisis events. I'd assume other major outlets would have equivalent capabilities. At the end of the day advertisers don't want to be associated with certain stories, and there's a public good imperative that drives rapid, open access in these tragic situations that overrides commercial interest even if that were of concern.

by pekk 14y ago

If you are feeling bad, why are you saying it? This feels like you are standing on a soapbox and it's hard to think you are actually sorry for it when you are doing it intentionally.

benatkin 14y ago

Because guilt isn't an emotion that can always be trusted.

noonespecial 14y ago

I'm just a dude facing a big stab of mental dissonance right now. I'm not trying to push a political agenda. My brother ran in and finished the marathon last year. I didn't make it out to see him and I wish I had. So the first thing I feel is dread, it takes a moment to resolve that he wasn't there, and then I think will I ever be able to get close enough to reach out my hand to him as he comes down the final stretch again or did I miss that chance forever? Will it be all police cars, dogs and jersey walls from here on out? This sucks.

Terretta 14y ago
> Will it be all police cars, dogs and jersey walls from here on out? The video from the camera man on the ground at the finish line shows countless cops at the finish line. All that police presence did not prevent the detonation.

chadillac83 14y ago

Feeling bad about having a legitimate stance in the face of a tragedy isn't cause for self censorship. It might be social pariahism, but it's not cause enough for one to bite their tongue.

smrtinsert 14y ago

because he desperately needs attention and right now boston has it.

ryguytilidie 14y ago
I know when I desperately need attention I come to hackernews. Sick logic.

bmelton 14y ago

I felt the same way. My first thought was that I was glad there weren't any assault weapons involved, for which I was immediately ashamed. Immediately after that I was disgusted that Bloomberg.com wanted me to watch an ad for a new Mercedes before I could check on the well-being of my fellow humans. I'm not proud of my thoughts, and I'm not proud of the hundred or so sarcastic remarks that I've thought of since I first heard the news either. I am genuinely saddened that this happened, and my most sincere hope is that whomever did so is apprehended quickly and that nobody else is injured or killed while that happens. At the same time, the explosion looks (at least to me) like Tannerite, and I'm also thinking that perhaps Tannerite is going to get banned, or regulated, despite being, basically, iron oxide; which would make such a ban pretty futile.

larrys 14y ago
" Immediately after that I was disgusted that Bloomberg.com wanted me to watch an ad" Are you suggesting that they should have some automatic kill switch implemented in advance which they can hit to show sensitivity? [1] Networks also run commercials to make money it's part of how they can afford to do what they do. Of course I've seen cases where networks don't run commercials on rare occasions. [1] And why do they need to do this? Are you willing to pay for access instead so they don't have to run any advertising?
- bmelton 14y ago
  No, I'm not, and obviously they have every right to. At just seemed crass at the moment. I admit that I was just having an overly emotional response at the time and do not fault them for it whatsoever.
- joahua 14y ago
  I work for a large media organization and we have the ability to suspend advertising in response to crisis events. I'd assume other major outlets would have equivalent capabilities. At the end of the day advertisers don't want to be associated with certain stories, and there's a public good imperative that drives rapid, open access in these tragic situations that overrides commercial interest even if that were of concern.