Ask HN: What is the real value of a “Day of mourning”?

Posted by sigmaprimus on Thursday January 09, 2020 @03:05PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Let cooler heads prevail, this too shall pass....

My question is does somber reflection result in any benifit other than enabling the spin doctors to come up with a concensus as to the lies that will be told?

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Re:Ask HN: What is the real value of a “Day of mourning”? by sp332 on Thursday January 09, 2020 @03:11PM (#22005121)

It does help. Giving people time to be sad, angry, and then accepting means they won't carry all those unprocessed emotions forward with them.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the real value of a “Day of mourning”? by aphextim on Thursday January 09, 2020 @03:23PM (#22005245)

I came in here expecting to see a joke about the day in Alaska that is almost 24 hours.

>On June 21, Anchorage gets 22 hours of functional daylight.

https://www.anchorage.net/plan-your-trip/hours-of-daylight/

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Re:Ask HN: What is the real value of a “Day of mourning”? by ta09876 on Friday January 10, 2020 @12:00PM (#22012392)

This helped me get closer to understanding: https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/12/funeral.html

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Re:Ask HN: What is the real value of a “Day of mourning”? by mikece on Thursday January 09, 2020 @03:09PM (#22005092)

Morning or mourning?

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