Hanke Gratteau’s mean-spirited piece (“Guys just don’t get it,” Perspective, Sept. 7) besmirched an otherwise lovely and fitting set of articles on Princess Diana’s funeral. To rant about the alleged cluelessness of the male gender, when all over the news were images of men deeply moved by this tragedy, would simply have been silly were it not for the fact that it detracted from the aura of respect and commemoration due to the late princess.
It was a kind of robbery, stealing the outpouring of emotion for Diana by making her death subserve Ms. Gratteau’s agenda. To use Diana’s loss in this way was wholly unworthy of the woman we are mourning. Diana’s greatness lay in her turning personal pain into an opportunity to serve others in love. If we cherish her memory, let us go and do likewise.
