Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 20:02:38 +0100
From: Iain McKay <iain.mckay-AT-zetnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Ronald Reagan: Stuffed corpse to be displayed at the Smithsonian, so 


hello all

Ali Kazmi wrote: 
> > Some pyschosis of late capitalism in action?
> >
> > Iain
> 
> Naw. It's just the T.V. told them to mourn. So, they
> are mourning. It is really quite simple.

Probably. Some of it (from the far right) will be genuine.
Some of it may be "Stockholm Syndrome" kind of thing.

but this hysteria seems significant, given how it has appeared
alot of late. Massive grief over people you have never met but
seen on TV? I can understand responses to things like 911, but
for celes and politicians -- seems mad...

Iain