Even the Washington Post is commenting on our high profile “Outbusts”. It seems that the “outburst” topic is catching on.
Outbursts by Kanye West, Rep. Joe Wilson, Serena Williams Leave Decorum Behind – washingtonpost.com.
You can read my commentary on why these outbursts are happening here: http://onthebema.com/2009/09/14/5-reasons-why-we-love-angry-outbursts/
The recent outbursts of congressman Joe Wilson, tennis star Serena Williams, and rapper Kanye West strikes a note within our own anger and need to be heard. Congressman Joe Wilson has now become famous for shouting out “You lie!” during President Obama’s speech to a joint session of congress. Wilson has faced addition criticism for the way he has handled his apology to the President.
Serena Williams made waves during a Grand Slam match in which a line judge called her on a serve violation. Williams then cursed out the line judge, shouted at tennis officials, and was finally suspended from the match. She was quotes saying, “”If I could, I would take this …… ball and shove it down your …… throat”
Kanye West recently grab the microphone away from Taylor Swift, who just won the award for Best Video at the MTV Music Awards, and told the crowd in an outburst that Beyonce Knowles should had won the award.
We love to watch when this type of drama unfolds. Why? Here are 5 reasons why we like these angry outbursts:
Being a pastor, I have always had positive experiences 
with funeral homes and funeral directors but, one of the first funerals I ever did, as an ordained pastor, was memorable. A well known hometown gentleman died young, and his family contacted me and a retired minister on staff at my church to officiate the service. As the two of us are about to begin the funeral, a wife of a pallbearer came up to me and asked if it would be acceptable for her to sit with her husband during the service. I looked into the sanctuary and saw that all the pallbearers were to sitting on the front row, and I really thought nothing of it for her to sit with her husband (and the other pallbearers) during such an emotional time. Boy I was wrong.
The funeral director came up to me and asked why I let her do that. I explained that it is a difficult time for the family and I would want to have my wife with me if I was going through a difficult time. The funeral director replied quickly,“That messes up the plan. It doesn’t look right for her to sit with all the other pallbearers. She isn’t even an immediate family member.”
I apologized and politely said that it might not look right to him, but to the family it means a lot. “Who do you think is in charge here?” He said aggressively. I could immediately sensed that this funeral director was feeling threaten by me, a young whipper-snapper. I thought in my mind of all of the conceivable things to say to this man, who was being a jerk quite frankly. “I’m sorry you feel that way, but here at this church we are very concerned about people, and not about looks.” I said. The funeral director got in my face, real close, about 6 inches away. His face was bright red. Like a stop sign.
