I don't think it's fair to police
anybody's emotions in most situations. Of course something like this is nothing compared to the Aurora tragedy. Most things are nothing. But that doesn't mean that we need to berate the girl and bring it back to compare it to the shooting.
Is it ridiculous that her situation got coverage at all? Yeah. Are there bigger things to be sad about? Of course. But should we 1) tell others what to feel and not feel, 2) pretend as though none of us have been upset over something that others probably considered equally stupid, 3) give emotions a cut-off age, 4) act as though her reaction is the most sickening thing since a recent tragedy, or 5) climb atop our high horses whenever something easy to ridicule comes along? Probably not.
This.
But then again, there are places like Yahoo, where
every day is a slow news day.
