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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