By ROBERT FINGERGOOD
Special to The Herald-Tribune
Special to The Herald-Tribune
BROWNSVILLE, TX - Death always comes without grace, whether it be the demise of a sickly grandmother who's fought the good fight, whether it is a thug who's had his brains blown out during a drug deal gone badly, whether a brave soldier back from a war no one could ever justify.
Dying has dropped in value. Where once it was venerated, it is now largely ignored. Who wants to go to the next funeral? No one. Death and dying carries no cache, no value. Perhaps we have been softened to the point of digust by the many, many images of death we see today. It is as if we've been deemed unsuspecting bystanders, oglers without a care. Drop that loser to the street curb, let him moan and bleed to death. He was worthless to society. He was a drug pusher, his own mother acknowledged grudgingly.
We go on to the next meal, the next TV show, the next sleeping pill. The flag-draped body comes home. There is a solemn photo in the newspaper. The next day, there is a photo of a new restaurant on the same page. Death is best quickly forgotten, for who wants to wallow in deep thought about it?
A young couple was murdered in Mexico last weekend. The killing made national news. It will be forgotten when the new baseball season starts in two weeks. A young couple felled by the bullets streaming out of a machine gun being carried by drug operatives. Goodbye, Columbus...
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4 comments:
Brother, you are not singing dixie. People are planning the week end, speaking about the cowboys, the football games, la movidas, los sanchos, while they are belando the deceased.
That respect went out the window a long time ago. Aint that the truth.
It is one of the greatest shames of Modern Society. We have lost all respect for elders, and we now give death and funerals but a few minutes of our so-called precious time. And we're supposed to be the most civilized copuntry on the planet. If only!...- Editor
A few minutes, you are so right, I don't know about other parts of the country, but here in the valley.
AS they say, el muerto a poso Y el vivo al gozo. And just hope that the widower is not young or pretty, because the hounds began to circle the wagon.
Hey, time to go to work.
That local cemetery is full of cowards, victims of cowards and of politicians... - Editor
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