Well, in those days, Kennedy was the object of near veneration among young people throughout the First World; he was harbinger of change, he was young, and handsome, and fearless (remember, we didn't know about his faults or weaknesses, etc.); and to have such an assassination take place, practically in front of our eyes, thanks to television news, hit everyone hard. The U.S. was right on our border, when it sneezed, we got a cold ... there were so many reasons that the reverberations of his death, and the funeral itself, would become part of the school day.
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Date: Saturday, 28 March 2015 10:24 pm (UTC)Well, in those days, Kennedy was the object of near veneration among young people throughout the First World; he was harbinger of change, he was young, and handsome, and fearless (remember, we didn't know about his faults or weaknesses, etc.); and to have such an assassination take place, practically in front of our eyes, thanks to television news, hit everyone hard. The U.S. was right on our border, when it sneezed, we got a cold ... there were so many reasons that the reverberations of his death, and the funeral itself, would become part of the school day.