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In Short, Where were you during the riot?
Earlier today, world-renowned Detroit columnist and author Mitch Album wrote an article in the Detroit News speaking out about how inappropriate it is to insult the dead.
Wise counsel indeed.
Albom said the following three things I totally agree with:
- Traditionally, people have refused to insult the dead (implying this practice seems to have worked out pretty well for all involved).
In particular, Mr. Albom said:
“ Don’t speak badly of the dead. De mortuis nihil nisi bonum. That phrase goes back more than 1,500 years and has been practiced at least that long.
2. A particular person (in this case a college professor) was, in her violation of this time-honored rule, clearly rude and lacking in empathy
His quote:
And lost in this debate is the simple fact that Jarrar <the professor in question> behaved like an obnoxious, petulant child. Her timing was insensitive, her glee at another’s death was disgusting, her lack of empathy for a grieving family was sub-human, and her chest pounding of tenure, a concept put into effect by the very government she apparently abhors, was hypocritical.
