WHY DOES IT SEEM LIKE ONE DEATH IS NOT IMPORTANT?

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advice : WHY DOES IT SEEM LIKE ONE DEATH IS NOT IMPORTANT?

[+] ballot by larrynelmira
created Tue Feb 08, 05
when we hear of 30 marines or 50 Iraqi cilvilians being killed , we all seem to take note of it, but when we hear , 1 marine was killed today, or 2 Iraqi's , it's kind of matter of fact.

I'm sure the familes of the people who die greave just as much.

Another example, when I lost members of my family in a car accident, it was just a small item in our paper, but when an accident involves 4 or more deaths, it's front page.

I just think that it should not matter the number of deaths, each life taken away is as important, just as tragic and the media and others should think of it as that.

It should not be a numbers thing before it gets peoples attention.

yes, each life is just as important
I don't know why people do this
auchwitz 6mil, stalin's purges 20 mil, go figure

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It's a fact of journalism Larry, blood sells. The more blood the better. I suppose when you think about it blood sells because we, the people, want to read or hear about it. Every death is sad but only tragic deaths sell.

by B_P on Tue Feb 08, 05 9:04am [+]

sadly enough, i think the media focuses more on deaths of people who were of higer status than say an iraqi civilian or an Asian villager. 50 people could die in a car bomb explosion and the news will dedicate 30 seconds to that story. but if God forbid, the dude who runs Burger King died, I'm sure he'd get a one hour special. It's unfortunate and unfair but that's the way it works a lot of the time. Good ballot, larry.

by Cherri on Tue Feb 08, 05 9:07am [+]

higher*

by Cherri on Tue Feb 08, 05 9:07am [+]

I agree...each life is important.

by mojo on Tue Feb 08, 05 9:11am [+]

Im reading a book at the moment called " Birdsong", about the horrors of the first world war, and to be honest it puts the loss of a few marines in Iraq into perspective. Compare that to 50 or 60 THOUSAND dying in ONE day at the battle of the Somme. Imagine what news THAT would make nowadays!

by kingAlfredTheGreat on Tue Feb 08, 05 10:08am [+]

I know king, but it was not instant information as it is now. ww1 and 2, may have had different outcome if they did.

by larrynelmira on Tue Feb 08, 05 10:28am [+]

I agree that each life is just as important. Unfortunately the media has no feelings and just goes after the bigger better stories for their pocketbooks.

by HBinVegas on Tue Feb 08, 05 11:38am [+]

What would you prefer, innocent civilians killed in Iraq by their despotic leaders for 100s of years. Or a war which will see civilians die in collateral damage and civil unrest for 10 years.

Even if it means killing people you still have to do the right thing.

by eoganan on Mon Jul 04, 05 2:56pm [+]

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