(June 30, 2016 at 7:35 pm)wallym Wrote: If it's not about them, does the reaction make sense? I don't respond as strongly as others to tragedy, but in the past I think "Oh, that's a bummer." Because people only get one life to live, and losing that opportunity seems like a substantial loss. But it's only a loss from the perspective of the living, which the people I'm supposedly mourning are not.
To me, it seems like the focus tends to be on those killed, rather than those affected by their deaths. I wonder if it's just framed that way so we don't feel like we're being self-centered?
...too sum up better, in regards to Orlando for example, nobody was saying "I can't believe this happened to me!" as a response to others being killed.
Sure, it makes sense in the sense that it's just a way of coping.
