Ted Rall for August 01, 2012
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Because when Americans die, dignity goes out the window... Massacre in Colorado: bring on the schmaltz. Premature Prescriptions! (Woman: He was crazy! We need a war on mental illness!) (Man 1: But no insanity defense allowed!) Kitschy eulogies! (Man 2: Just by buying a ticket that night, he was a hero.) Commercialized grief! (Man 3: Show the terror shootists they can't win: Make "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" The highest-grossing movie ever!) Mawkish memorials! (Man 4: It's almost worth dying if you get buried in a batmobile shaped coffin!)