Condolences Riewoldt family

[dougyboy]

I would like to relay my condolences to the Riewold Family for the passing of Madeleine.
Football has this tendency to put you on one side of the fence or the other, but to loose a loved one is something that is not wished on anyone. Nick's Little sister, but tuff as. Perspective.

 

[IggypopsTshirt]

I've been banned from every other board and this may (I hope it isn't and it shouldn't be) see my axing from the EFC board. Anyhoo

I acknowledge that the passing of Madeline Riewoldt is sad for those who know her. Families touched by conditions that take people at a young age must experience a lot of grief.
That being said, as someone who has no connection to the family, I imagine the condolences of a stranger will provide no comfort for those close to her.

I don't see the need for a massive public outpouring of emotion simply because the girl is the sister of a footballer?

People pass every single day and that passing is something difficult for the family and friends to support each other through and process as they see fit. It shouldn't be a cause for people to jump on when in reality they have absolutely no link to the deceased.
Are we to spend each day of our lives mourning the death of every single person who dies? Or do we reserve that for a select few?

 

[dougyboy]

I've been banned from every other board and this may (I hope it isn't and it shouldn't be) see my axing from the EFC board. Anyhoo

I acknowledge that the passing of Madeline Riewoldt is sad for those who know her. Families touched by conditions that take people at a young age must experience a lot of grief.
That being said, as someone who has no connection to the family, I imagine the condolences of a stranger will provide no comfort for those close to her.

I don't see the need for a massive public outpouring of emotion simply because the girl is the sister of a footballer?

People pass every single day and that passing is something difficult for the family and friends to support each other through and process as they see fit. It shouldn't be a cause for people to jump on when in reality they have absolutely no link to the deceased.
Are we to spend each day of our lives mourning the death of every single person who dies? Or do we reserve that for a select few?

Well iggy poop, if I find out in the media / personal letter that some one on this board has lost a loved one and is feeling sad. Ill write them too. If i feel like it. "I imagine the condolences of a stranger will provide no comfort for those close to her" Tell that to the people who place flowers at memorials around the place.

 

[Doss]

I've been banned from every other board and this may (I hope it isn't and it shouldn't be) see my axing from the EFC board. Anyhoo

I acknowledge that the passing of Madeline Riewoldt is sad for those who know her. Families touched by conditions that take people at a young age must experience a lot of grief.
That being said, as someone who has no connection to the family, I imagine the condolences of a stranger will provide no comfort for those close to her.

I don't see the need for a massive public outpouring of emotion simply because the girl is the sister of a footballer?

People pass every single day and that passing is something difficult for the family and friends to support each other through and process as they see fit. It shouldn't be a cause for people to jump on when in reality they have absolutely no link to the deceased.
Are we to spend each day of our lives mourning the death of every single person who dies? Or do we reserve that for a select few?

I don't actually disagree with some of what you've written.

I think some people do indulge in something dangerously close to what you might term as 'grief pr0n' sometimes. Where being seen to be the most affected and devastated by something sad that's occurred almost gets to the point of overtaking celebrating that person's life.

Personally, I find that to be self-indulgent and pretty distasteful.

However, sometimes people are genuinely moved to acknowledge a passing like this. By all accounts, Madeleine battled hard and also tried to raise awareness of the importance of bone marrow transplants.

These sorts of things don't have to become some sort of grief-off between people in a battle of relevance, but rather they can be a nice way to pay genuine respects to someone who won your admiration.

Would it get publicity if she wasn't Riewoldt's sister? No, of course not. But that's the society we live in, isn't it?

 

[Whispering_Jack]

It's certainly a very sad story and I felt moved reading about her battle. Does it deserve it's own thread on our board? Not in my opinion.

 

[Beerfish]

I don't see the need for a massive public outpouring of emotion simply because the girl is the sister of a footballer?

You don't see "the need"? There's no "need" but if people wish to express their sympathy and condolences why would that bother you? If you don't then don't. No problem.

People pass every single day and that passing is something difficult for the family and friends to support each other through and process as they see fit. It shouldn't be a cause for people to jump on when in reality they have absolutely no link to the deceased.

How is expressing thoughts of sympathy and condolence jumping on a cause?

Are we to spend each day of our lives mourning the death of every single person who dies? Or do we reserve that for a select few?

I'm really not sure what you mean by this. Of course Madeline's passing has attracted more public attention because of her relatives that have a public image but it's really no different to me telling you my younger brother died tragically and you expressing sympathy to me or me telling the board that my younger brother died tragically and the board expressing sympathy to me or if I was in the greater public eye a far greater number of people expressing their sympathy, if not to me personally, then in places like this. Sure, the condolences may not reach me personally and even if they did they may not mean anything to me because they're from a stranger but does that mean we shouldn't express them?