I watched the Virginia Tech graduation ceremony on TV today where it was really a bitter-sweet rememberance of those that died in the shootings rather than a celebration of being free from the education system to be chained to another one. There were also the deaths of the soliders that had died in the military training overseas. It got me remembering the funeral I went through last year too, and in reaction "why die already then show so much respect. *and I guess the effect would be perfect here if I could swear*"

Its a common ponderance, this irrationality. But I think that whatever psychological/sociological justifications for the actions after a death is never emotionally justified. Its only by death that the emotions are somehow activated. Only by losing it that we somehow are awakened into a reality. Only by destruction of something that we can finally look at the past and discover a value in it.

And perhaps its with feelings like that, that mankind is moved towards a truer humanhood. Death's power breaks away all tensions and conflict in the relationships of any parties as the energies are re-focused onto this new grievance. Sudden death has the additional power of shock that disarms everyone into submission of cooperation - everything else doesn't matter for now, let's do this because its whats important.

Whats important? When are the emotions of saddness, regret and remorse ever important? They waste time, money and energy and amount to nothing at all in the humanistic sense and if we ignore the psychological necessity of crying to appease youself.

Yet, its only at this point that people finally acknowledge stupidity, reconcile, renew tight tensions and have a paradigm shift. Only at this point, do we realise inefficiencies, muster courage and resolve to help. Only at this point are things in a deeper clarity and rationality...

All things, except perhaps the things of death itself.

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