Classy move by Providence

[Real Chilly Podcast]

Marquette is a Catholic institution. Where is the outpouring of grief, the tears, moments of silence, candle vigils, floral bouquets piled high outside Jeanne d'Arc, etc for the victims of the Boko Haram suicide attack in Kaduna, Nigeria against a Catholic Church service a few weeks ago? The slaughter of fellow Catholics was immense and horrific and affected hundreds of families. Marquette did nothing to honor that loss so why should it do so for a bunch of upper middle class folks in Connecticut? I guess the senseless killing of thousands of Africans each month doesn't merit grief.

it's because people won't admit that they can't recognize what's important and what's not.  guaranteed there were more MU alums grieving the Bears playoff chances on Sunday than either of these two horrific tragedies

[Badgerhater]

The fact that it wasn't expected is what makes it great and not grief porn.

Precisly.

It's grief porn when YOU are upset that YOU didn't get to participate in something. 

Direct that energy towards your children, family and community, not getting upset because you didn't get to participate in a moment of silence at a sporting event.

[Tugg Speedman]

Marquette is a Catholic institution. Where is the outpouring of grief, the tears, moments of silence, candle vigils, floral bouquets piled high outside Jeanne d'Arc, etc for the victims of the Boko Haram suicide attack in Kaduna, Nigeria against a Catholic Church service a few weeks ago? The slaughter of fellow Catholics was immense and horrific and affected hundreds of families. Marquette did nothing to honor that loss so why should it do so for a bunch of upper middle class folks in Connecticut? I guess the senseless killing of thousands of Africans each month doesn't merit grief.

+1

Last year 30 Chicago Public School kids were gunned down during the school year.  Not all in the same incident, but more CPS kids were killed by guns last year than will be killed in the Sandy Hook school district.  I don't remember any outpouring of grief for them. MU has CPS students in its enrollment and on its team.  Did anyone here demand a moment of silence for them?

My point, as I believe is pumata, is the moment of silence and out pouring a of grief is completely arbitrary.  Dare I say that class and race also play into it.  Poor African American kids are subject to this violence all the time.  But when it happens to middle upper class white kids, we have a different reaction.

Yes, what happened was horrible but that is not the point.  if we have a moment of silence for every terrible tragedy we have little to no connection, then every school day will start with a moment of silence and flags will be at half-mask all the time.

[Chicos' Buzz Scandal Countdown]

"It would be nice if" does not equal "It is an obligation"

[slingkong]

  Because it is a national tragedy and Marquette is part of the nation.  What could be the harm?

If you want a moment of silence, then by all means have one.  Do it before breakfast, lunch, and dinner if it makes you like.  But do the relatives of the victims know you're doing it?  More importantly, do they care?  I'd wager no on both.  So it is, in fact, just something to make you feel better about yourself.