Ed. Note – We’ll be diverting from the usual brand of crude comedy for the following piece discussing the collective response to the bombings of the Boston Marathon.
Alright, since I live a few miles away from where this shitstorm went down a week ago and have gotten to experience the last week up close and personal, I feel I need to weigh in on the reaction to the Marathon bombing and ensuing manhunt that has taken over the collective mind of Boston, and apparently, the entire World.
First of all it goes without saying (but I will anyway) that praise need to be given to first responders, the authorities that tracked down the perps and, most of all, the families of the deceased and those injured in this whole ordeal – who’s mental and physical fortitude is likely much stronger than mine. These are the true victims of these types of events, and too often the focus gets turned away from them to other trivial, self-serving BS that gets spewed out when things like this happen (see: ‘Sweet Caroline’).
But there comes a time when we all need to put this behind us and move on — and it seems that my city is having a hard time doing this, mostly because the media won’t let us and because of this prevailing jingoistic attitude among some residents here that somehow Boston responded in a way that is better or more unique than the response would have been if this happened elsewhere.
