This gets fairly odd. Diana was a symbol of the horror of being a symbol. This also gets fairly cynical. Indeed, the absence of true grief is what makes it possible to wallow in vicarious grief. The media understand and exploit this.
People are product.
The more symbolic the person, the greater value of the product. Everything that happens to symbolic people is product. Michael Kelly is the editor of National Journal. Send your comments to him by clicking here. For Your Summer Reading . . .