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Tragedy is a regrettable but inevitable part of life. Trying to wish it away with post-hoc rationalization is a fool's game.
Any BTF thread involving something bad happening to a kid will eventually be discovered by the parents of the kid, who will then attack the community for our insensitive comments.
If so, so be it. No sensitivty on my part in connection with Brian's death. I'm a father, such a thing represents an unimaginable horror to me, and because of it I have limitless sympathy for what the family has experienced as a result of their son's death.
But I don't have patience for what I feel to be the family using their son's alleged ESP or whatever they want to call it as some grand rationalization of their grief. For one thing, it's not true. For another, it serves to substitute in some sage stand-in for the real boy that was.
WTF are you talking about?
That's happened before? Which threads?
The one involving the kid from post #3.
But don't worry. A few brave Primates showed her. They weren't going to let some distraught aunt interfere with our snark.
I wish I were kidding.
According to the article, the parents believed their son had premonitions of his death, said his goodbyes and "had no unfinished business" in the world. I think that's b.s., and I think that they're reading a lot into otherwise innocuous behavior in an effort to make them feel better about his death. That's their prerogative, but I don't know that that's the most healthy way to deal with a tragedy like this.
How do you know it isn't healthy, and why do you care?
Since it is their prerogative, and they are the ones in such extreme pain, and if this maybe makes them feel a little better, perhaps you and everyone else could STFU about it, at least until -- and god willing this never happens -- you are in the same position.
I do not understand the pathological need to attack the coping methods of people who are in severe pain, just for the opportunity to parrot your own rationalistic world view. You convert no one, and you demonstrate a monumental insensitivity.
Congratulations, you've won the internets.
I will say that Martin tends to be very descriptive and I found myself occasionally skimming paragraphs to get through the fluff but the basic story is very good.
A bad way to cope would be to expect the kid to come back to life or to hunt down someone to sue over it. Trying to believe that your child was expecting it and had said their goodbyes would let you accept it a heck of a lot easier and I don't see anything wrong with the parents holding onto that.
What animates me about this is that I think, in the aggregate, it's counterproductive to progress as a species for us to believe in stuff like this. If the folks in this article want to think this, great.
Several commenters at the original story have pointed out that the boy had a serious heart condition, which is not actually mentioned by his parents.
Do you have the list of things that are productive to believe in? Controlled thermonuclear fusion? Chocolate ice cream? Love?
Perhaps you should publish this list, for the continued well-being of the species.
Don't read too fast and/or don't get too caught up in the idea of finishing the story. Martin is probably gonna kick it before he finishes the series. It's kinda the rule for epic fantasy series.
That's a rather egregious omission, no?
That said, I heard the piece this a.m. while driving to work & was quite taken. How sad it must be to be Craig Calcaterra. (Probably not as sad as it is to be gef the talking mongoose, of course, but still ...)
And it's been sixteen years. The parents are way past any "rationalization of their grief." I think Craig may be reading a bit too much into the simple phrase "had no unfinished business."
Perhaps I am pessimist, but I would settle for a list ensuring the continued survival of the species.
Besides Jordan who else has finished an epic fantasy? Weiss? Tolkien? I'm not really worried about him finishing it or not. The first book was a pretty darn good read and while I want more I don't need the whole entire story to actually be resolved.
Edited to add: Unfortunately, many of the posts didn't make it across the transition to the new software, so much is lost.
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