My Closure Includes the Sound of a Slammed Door

Disturbing trend which surfaced quite dramatically yet again this week. The War on Terror Oprahized. The loss of the Queen of the North now approaching Springerville. The words "Thank You" and "I'm Sorry" have moved out of the realm of basic decent human conduct and have become charged with politics and power struggle. Senior battle-hardened British military leaders slighted because of an insufficient display of self-immolation on the part of the recently rescued hostages in Iraq. The plucky and courageous survivors of the BC Ferry wreck suddenly unable to move on with their emotional recovery until the Captain apologizes.

What ever happened to the intrinsic satisfaction of a job-well done? Mission accomplished. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. Beating the odds.

Somewhere in our culture this the balance sheet has become skewed. Now every transaction contains a line item of emotional debt. And the media has become the skip tracer, hunting down the owers of thank-yous; the dead-beat sorries.