>> The sort of thing that happens every day in Iraq... >Ahhhhhhhhh......no it doesn't.....no no no.....not at all.
we don't lose 30 americans a day in iraq every day, but there are many days when many more times that amount are slaughtered, if you count iraqis caught in the cross fire as innocent victims... 30 people dying at baghdad university may not be an everyday occurrence, but neither is what happened at virginia tech. to quote bill maher, "32 dead is a good day in iraq"... --jlm >> I heard today that Stanford held a memorial in which they read the >> names of the Virginia Tech students who died. >> where are the memorials to the mostly college-age people >> who are sacrificing themselves in the war? >> doesn't it make even more sense to identify >> with those who willingly put themselves in harm's way? Soldiers do get their pictures on CNN, as do the VA tech. students. Don't we care about those young men and women? I think we do. The memorials for these people tend to be a lot more private and localized...often a cross, burned out candles, and molding teddy bears. We have national mourning when the nation as a whole is affected. Mass killings at a college campus attacks our sense of safety. Parents worry about sending their kids off. College students worry that they might be next. Memorial services are for those who go to the services....we are the ones who need it. --Dan M. NBC made money by showing the killer's multimedia release from the grave. it sorta of made up for losing "imus in the morning"... is that any different from how the media marketed the war in iraq for bush? whenever there is carnage to show on television, ratings soar. the same with tabloid journalism. i blame the audience that craves this kind of coverage as much as the corporate media. the difference with what happened at VT is that people feel more personally involved than when they finally got to see a few flag draped coffins returning from iraq. those students did not volunteer to be put in harm's way... bush is so ego involved he just keeps repeating the same mistake over and over again until he succeeds or is out of office. what is going on in iraq is completely insane... jlm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
