Watching the Iranian funeral I can’t get over the difference between our cultures.  The officials of the government seem to be in a weeping contest – my sadness is the most profound.  If it were here it would be an attempt to show the containment of the tears.  I feel this deeply but I must contain my grief and carry on.  I imagine that in England there would be stiff upper lips.  

In any event, I imagine that someone in the U.S. government is watching this funeral and realizing that it has been programmed to turn into a hate-fest against the U.S. and Israel and whoops, someone may have misjudged the desire for peace, and maybe we’re going to get nuked soon.

Now THAT is an occasion for tears.