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Originally Posted by Christie Blatchford
The whole press conference was a curiously bloodless (and unnecessarily careful)...business,
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What a cow. Is there some reason there needs to be bloodletting? Any reason the press here needs to be as stupid and ridiculous as CNN usually is, for example? I'm glad such care has been taken, for the most part. Regardless of the 'Story', behind all of that is a family grieving and dealing with their worst nightmare.
Aside from all of that, how completely overwhelming this must all be for that family. The story has been so public and the public so desperate to help that I think they sometimes forget that this family is already dealing with so much, and that they're adding another layer of stress to what this family is already dealing with by all jumping in and overwhelming them with offers and insistence of help in one form or the other. Perhaps the best way to help is to just back the eff off, and let them grieve with some privacy, even though the whole event has been so very public. While I think most people have good intentions, good intentions can quickly become too much for people to bear.