Comments on: Queen of Hearts

By: Scorz

Scorz — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:09:18 +0000

I agree more with Laura.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:41:51 +0000

I really think 9/11 was our JFK’s death, which in turn was that generation’s Pearl Harbor attack, which would have been… I don’t know, the stock market crash of ‘29? I haven’t thought it through that far back…

By: Jeff Martin

Jeff Martin — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:47:50 +0000

Yes, good call, Beth.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:45:09 +0000

I would liken it more to JFK Jr.’s passing, because it’s much easier to draw the similarities–they were both young, both poised to exert quite a bit of influence (JFK Jr. having taken the publishing world by storm with the now-defunct George, which would have ultimately led to chatter of him entering politics, and Diana focusing her publicity to generating awareness for her various philanthropies), and both symbols of royalty to their respective countries, even if they were not in actuality.

That said, I think that you are right in saying that people are still very likely able to remember where they were when they learned she died–I remember coming home from a day down at the shore when news of the accident was on the radio, and the next morning my mom told me right after waking up…

By: Jeff Martin

Jeff Martin — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:15:21 +0000

I was thinking more in the sense that most people remember exactly where they were when they heard the news.

By: Scorz

Scorz — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:38:38 +0000

I don’t know if I would call it our generations JFK death. I don’t think I even knew who Diana was before she died. And I remember everybody making a big fuss about it & I was thinking “She’s not even American? Would do you people care so much?” And I still don’t get why people care so much. Maybe you could enlighten me.