Passing by the windows of The Post last evening

We did see an international 

sporting event in the United 

States marred by tragedy in 

the last couple of days, but 

it was not the Boston Marathon, 

it was the Masters Tournament 

at Augusta. You don't get trag-

edy without hubris; Tiger Woods 

gave us tragedy, and he paid for 

it. What we got in Boston was a 

gaudy interference with malice 

aforethought, resulting in fatal 

effects. But such events, a news-

paper needs to comprehend, are not 

tragedies, unless it is the paper's 

intent to advance the degradation 

of distinctions of importance. But 

equally deplorable is the Editors' 

invocation of fury, when the honest 

response is one of sadness. This pa-

per is infamous for inciting flash-

points of hysteria, and this editor-

ial is a truly splendid example of 

its demagoguery on any occasion when 

redneck indignation can be brought to 

bear against peace, decorum of cons-

ciousness, the English language, and 

that very innocence the Editors in-

voke as their excuse.

The Washington Post
Editorial Board
The Post's View
  In Boston, explosions
  transform a scene of
  celebration into one
  of tragedy
April 15, 2013©

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