The people who flock to the scene are the ones that really frighten me. These are narcissistic people with an unhealthy, extreme need to be part of these ghoulish mass funeral rituals that are broadcast on TV.

Surely no one is naive enough to think as many as 1-2 million people would have shown up in Rome if the whole debacle hadn't been televised?

The fact that people are obsessed with participating in these televised celebrity events is more than just a wee bit spooky, and not if a fun, Halloween sort of way.