Opinion: Why did the world stop for Notre Dame? Our response seems disproportionate — until you consider the cause.
Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris. By Molly Roberts Molly Roberts Editorial writer covering technology and society Email Bio Follow Editorial Writer April 17 at 10:12 AM The world, where horrible things happen every day, is in mourning — not for flesh and blood, but for centuries’ worth of stone, glass and wood.
Eight hundred and fifty-six years of history aren’t really enough to explain why we are mourning Notre Dame, en masse and especially publicly, even as we fail to mourn so much else. It is as if every politician, every celebrity, every classmate on our Facebook feeds has had the need to tell us they’re crying, too. It’s as if every columnist — including, yes, this one — has been moved to craft a meditation.
Neither of these explanations for the reaction to what happened in Paris this week is wrong. In fact, they’re probably both right. But there’s also more to the story.
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