Loved Ones Remembered On Fifth Anniversary Of Start Of Covid

[naomi24]

//Emotional scenes played out across the UK on Sunday as the bereaved and their communities hosted hundreds of events to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the pandemic in a day of reflection.//

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c798l9gz4y1o

 

Is it just me who finds this distasteful?

[ToraToraTora]

Yes I think it is. Why is it distasteful?

[naomi24]

Why do you think it's distasteful?

[naomi24]

Sorry, I've just realised what you meant.  I would prefer to remember my people quietly - without a show and without a fuss.

[ToraToraTora]

I thought it was quite poignant, especially when they told the story about how the hearts came to be.

[albaqwerty]

From the link "a shadow passed over us" oh, please, pass the bucket, how syrupy. 

I know it was a pandemic, we were all affected to a varying degree and I won't be compelled to spend a forced day reflecting. As Cupid Stunt once said, it's all in the best possible taste. I.e. tacky.

[Untitled]

i can't see why anyone would find this distasteful. hundreds of thousands died. 

[Untitled]

who is forcing you alba? you are quite free to be sour and mendacious all on your own. 

[naomi24]

untitled, leave the personal attacks out of it please.  Other people are entitled to their opinions.

[Untitled]

i think many people are keen for everyone to forget about covid... and for some reason many of those seem to be on the right. 

[jackthehat]

No, I do, too.

So does Mrs JtH and she lost her Mum to covid in April 2020.

At least no-one decided on a roll-call of names a la 9/11 commemorations in USA.

[dave50]

Mass mourning and vigils are all the rage these days.

[albaqwerty]

Your opinion of my comment adds nothing to this thread, untitled.

 

[Stableford]

I think everyone has their own way of mourning their loved ones, and public vigils certainly aren't for me.  That said, I think that some people will find this helpful in their grieving process, as I know first hand that losing a loved one during this time was a very lonely and devastating experience.  I lost my mum in January 2021 and was unable to be by her bedside in hospital due to the pandemic.  I don't feel robbed, badly done to, bitter or in need of sympathy- I think everyone was doing their best at a very difficult time.  My mum didn't want to go into hospital- I am sure she knew she would be unlikely to come out alive.  But she accepted the inevitable- as the serenity prayer teaches us- God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference. Grief is an intensely personal thing, and if people wish to hold vigils of remembrance, I certainly don't think this is in any way in bad taste.

[Old_Geezer]

People do whatever they feel helps them. Personally I tend to feel there's more of this sort of marking of occasions than should be needed. Whatever happened to the stiff upper lip, or keeping calm and carrying on ?

 

We had a pandemic, it happens from time to time. IMO best simply move on.  But others do them, I do me, as the paraphrased quote goes.

[barry1010]

I'm ambivalent. I wouldn't have known about it. If it helps some I don't have a problem with it but I would not take part in anything like this

[Untitled]

"I won't be compelled to spend a forced day reflecting."

who is forcing you? you appear to have read a news story about people mourning their loved ones and immediately come to the resentful conclusion that you are likely to be forced to participate. 
 

it doesn't involve you if you aren't interested in participating. 

[gulliver1]

So to remember your loved ones is distasteful to some abers then ???

[barry1010]

You seem to have a problem understanding the written word, Gulliver. Nobody as said that

[naomi24]

I don't understand what seems to have become a constant need to display emotions in public.  Even television shows are not immune.  I've stopped watching shows like Britain's Got Talent and the X-Factor because of the sad stories - stories that have nothing whatsoever to do with talent but with the help of hysteria from audiences are very likely to send the contestant on his way to winning.  It all seems to be very much attention seeking to me.

[Untitled]

do you remembrance sunday to be distasteful?