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andrewducker) wrote2002-03-25 09:03 pm
andrewducker) wrote2002-03-25 09:03 pm
Joking about it
There's very, very few incidents I can think of where I didn't hear a joke about it remarkably shortly afterwards. Humour seems to be a natural defense mechanism to isolate ourselves emotionally from events that we really don't want to think about.
Both the Challenger Explosion and the Herald of Free Enterprise happened when I was in school, and there were jokes circulating the day after they happened. I heard Diana jokes within 24 hours of her death, and I've heard jokes told in Auschwitz by people who lost family there.
The only time I haven't heard jokes after a disaster was the Dunblane shootings, and that may be down to the fact that I live less than 10 miles away from there, and people I know knew people that lost family there.
Which is why I was glad to hear that jokes and slang are springing up for the WTC tragedy. Humour's definitely part of the healing process, and it's always good to hear of people's recovery.
Both the Challenger Explosion and the Herald of Free Enterprise happened when I was in school, and there were jokes circulating the day after they happened. I heard Diana jokes within 24 hours of her death, and I've heard jokes told in Auschwitz by people who lost family there.
The only time I haven't heard jokes after a disaster was the Dunblane shootings, and that may be down to the fact that I live less than 10 miles away from there, and people I know knew people that lost family there.
Which is why I was glad to hear that jokes and slang are springing up for the WTC tragedy. Humour's definitely part of the healing process, and it's always good to hear of people's recovery.