What I despise is this worship of “leaders”
Sorry, but their lives are no more important than a citizen in Chicago.
This is not a greater tragedy. It is a lost innocent life.
A fair comment
Just goes to show how tragic all loss of life is, especially life dramatically taken away as in this case
This is not a greater tragedy. It is a lost innocent life.
I understand your point. We do the very same with actors and sports figures. I think it is part of human nature to need someone to look up to.
Before you declare this to be “just one of those things” perhaps you should consider who did it and why.For example...if this was done by some Chinese,or North Korean,agent it could be very serious indeed.
This isn’t about him as a person, it’s about him as a symbol.
It’s very unlikely he was assinated because of who he was as a person. It’s likely because he was an ex-PM.
Where do you get that Abe was "worshipped"?
Certainly not in Japan?
World leaders, perhaps?
Abe was a good Prime Minister who would probably still be PM if his colitis was not so serious. He still carried a lot of clout in the LDP.