Not to sound insensitive, but a ten-year-old dog died peacefully in his sleep, and some dumb kid earned a Darwin Award nomination by standing under a roller coaster. Where is the tragedy here? There are so many more terrible, heart-rending things happening everywhere, every day, to people far less deserving of their fates. What's so special about these two?
The tragedy for the darwin kid is that they weren't taught better, that they ended their life early instead of going on to make the world a better place.
There is no tragedy in the end of UGA's life, but sadness does not imply tragic events. I've met the last three UGA bulldogs, and it makes me sad to know another has died, even when I know the spirit of the mascot, and the bloodline, continues.
And, finally -- these are two events that made the news in the past 24 hours. Those people less deserving of death or other suffering may also be less interesting to the news outlets, leaving me uninformed of their fates. Without knowledge I cannot properly react, right?
So, what is special? They were newsworthy, in the eyes of the media. You may disagree, of course, but they got to make the decision.
Kermit Love, muppet fabricator and creator of Snuggle, the fabric softener bear, died of congestive heart failure at the age of 91 after a full life.
Michael Turner, comic book artist on Witchblade/Black Panther/Superman/Batman and some of his own projects, died of cancer at the age of 37 far too early.
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Date: 2008-06-29 02:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-29 02:20 am (UTC)The tragedy for the darwin kid is that they weren't taught better, that they ended their life early instead of going on to make the world a better place.
There is no tragedy in the end of UGA's life, but sadness does not imply tragic events. I've met the last three UGA bulldogs, and it makes me sad to know another has died, even when I know the spirit of the mascot, and the bloodline, continues.
And, finally -- these are two events that made the news in the past 24 hours. Those people less deserving of death or other suffering may also be less interesting to the news outlets, leaving me uninformed of their fates. Without knowledge I cannot properly react, right?
So, what is special? They were newsworthy, in the eyes of the media. You may disagree, of course, but they got to make the decision.
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Date: 2008-06-29 02:44 am (UTC)Kermit Love, muppet fabricator and creator of Snuggle, the fabric softener bear, died of congestive heart failure at the age of 91 after a full life.
Michael Turner, comic book artist on Witchblade/Black Panther/Superman/Batman and some of his own projects, died of cancer at the age of 37 far too early.
I mourn them both.