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Keep it at a Distance
British historian Arnold Toynbee once remarked that death was “un-American.” America is a youth culture that emphasizes beauty, virility, ambition and athletic prowess. The dead are not properly mourned. Emotion is not shown. Americans dress in black for their dignified funerals. Many try bravely not to show emotion--many succeed, only to pay for it later in emotional anguish.
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