Reply #47: We're starting the fifth day of coverage of this story.

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http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/02/20/for_brown_a_perplexing_connection/

Numerous people have seen the Perry connection (including dear Joan Vennochi - I am not sure that it is an appropriate connection, but the Boston media has been making it).

This said, I just wished they would stop. This is overkill (as everything has been said about this). Hopefully, after 60 Minutes tonight, we will be able to move to another topic. (Even Howie Carr seems to have had enough of it, not that it is a measure of whether a topic deserves coverage or not).

Also, like the poster from Boston Phoenix I posted earlier and TayTay's post # 38, I worry about the effect that this revelation in the context of the book messsage (do like me, pick yourself up and do something with yourself. You dont need help. See, I did not get any) will have on both people who suffered trauma and the community which is needed to help them. The message is consistant with Brown's philosophy, but it is also harmful to a whole series of victims.