Source: People are going to talk about Steve Irwin on the anniversary of his death this Sept. 4th. Why is it no one talks about the poor unknown military man/woman who have been killed in Iraq?
2007-07-12 07:20:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Chalk it up to the cult of personality. People worship celebrities, giving them almost deified status. The Marine, who sacrifices himself for a misguided cause, can’t compete with the aura of celebrity.
It’s a actually a good point that you bring up, and it is worth reiterating over and over again because it decimates any notion that we are a nation of patriotic citizens, who put pride of country above everything. Our adoration of men like Steve Irwin who died as a result of of unfortunate circumstances and carelessness, quite frankly, over the needless sacrifice of those employed to defend our interests, shows you that all the exuberant flag waving is a façade. In reality we are a shallow and empty shell of a nation – a country filled with 300 million Paris Hiltons, all of who worship exposure and glamour over content and conviction.
2007-07-12 07:33:45 · answer #1 · answered by Lawrence Louis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because Irwin's death was splashed all over the media and many people felt they "knew" him from watching him on TV and having a "bond" with him.
Our soldiers are killed everyday, but - to the vast majority of us - they are only strangers. We didn't know them; other than a daily silent roster on the PBS 6:30 news program, they are anonymous to most of us. The Bush adminsitration takes great effort in banning reporters from Dover Air Force Base where flag-draped caskets carrying the remains of dead soldiers arrive every day from Iraq. It's not the "proper image" of the "war" Bush wants to portray. Dead soldiers are nothing more than "collateral damage" - something that gets int the way of the Bush-Cheney focus on OIL and WAR PROFITEERING.
So we Americans, glued to our TVs and too uninclined to make any extra effort, simply do what the Bush adminstration wants us to do: ignore the dead soldiers and avoid the anguish, pain and sorrow felt by their families. We are, afterall, treated to film clips of soldiers fighting in Iraq every night on the network news as they feed us the only Pabulum the government allows them to televise. It is a way of desensitizing all of us. -RKO- 07/12/07
2007-07-12 07:32:04 · answer #2 · answered by -RKO- 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Somebody from Maine is killed everyday in Iraq?
2007-07-12 07:36:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You answered your own question, the soldier is unknown to most of us. People feel like they know Irwin. I appreciate what our military is doing for us. God bless them all.
2007-07-12 07:36:47 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We hear on the news every night how many US troops die and normally, they show a few names and pictures of the servicemen/women that died.
You are right though, more respect should be paid to these fallen soldiers.
2007-07-12 07:28:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonnnn24424 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its the doom of society. MTV fame, make a noise and all the COWS look in that direction. My Brother died of HIV, Magic Johnson didn't. My Brother didn't market enough high priced SNEAKERS, so he died!
2007-07-12 07:32:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dead celebrities have their status.
SUPPORT THE TROOPS. THEY NEED US MORE NOW.
2007-07-12 07:27:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Agreed.
You can use us.
Regards
2007-07-12 07:32:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋