What's With Society?

[Franken]

What's with society is what I would like to know. It's unimaginable how many kidnappings, murders, suicides that happen every year. Why is it, that we only really seem to hear about a select few though? Take these for example, the recent Mark Hacking case, and also, the Elizabeth Smart case. So many more people in the US have been kidnapped before, so many people in the US have been murdered before, but we never hear about them... why should we care so much less about the child of a poor latino family that got kidnapped, than the child of an upscale rich family. They're equal, but never seem to be made out as such.

Don't get me wrong, my heart still goes out to Lori Hacking, and the Smart family, but there are so many other people who have had things like this happen to them before that no one ever goes by hearing about.

I find it wrong that the media will only focus on the cases of rich families or intriguing scenarioes. I suppose it's only natural of them, they're only in it for the money. What's with Society?

[shanstress70]

I agree - that has always bugged me! It's all about ratings/money.

[Guest Traci]

"There were his young barbarians all at play;

There was their Dacian mother: he, their sire,

Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday!"

Lord Byron; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; Canto iv. Stanza 141.

"Perry Ryan: I think maybe the press was a bit sensational because

they were disappointed that the female sheriff they thought was

going to perform the execution didn't actually do it, and as a

consequence, the story became what a Roman holiday that this was

in Owensboro."

Laurie Howell; Last Public Execution That Was Held in Owensboro,

Kentucky, in 1936; Weekly Edition - National Public Radio (Washington,

DC); May 5, 2001.

[Winnie G]

Recently this was addressed when a small three year old children was taken from her bedroom in the middle of the night kidnapped.

This happened in a not to upscale neighbor of Regina Saskatchewan a native child.

Regina is a very small city as fare as cities go so their effort to find this child was enormous until the word got out that there had been a police visit earlier that evening over a party and a fight in the house.

At that point the search almost despaired every one focused on the police visit that night and who cared that a child was still missing, then children service got involved and the other children were removed for their protection because the mother and boy friend were not seen a party animals. OK hello were is the little one. To this date the only people still looking for that child are the aboriginal community. To hack with the white community.

There is a twist yet, a coworker told us at coffee that his brother lives in Regina and there are 96 kidnappings of children each year in Regina and only 65% are ever found.

I could find my jaw on the floor; I said if these were white children there would be an outcry from the whole country. Do aboriginal children have less value?

Were talking a small city a farming aria, the wheat belt.

Oh that made me angry. That’s 34 children? Never seen again!

[Franken]

Recently this was addressed when a small three year old children was taken from her bedroom in the middle of the night kidnapped.

This happened in a not to upscale neighbor of Regina Saskatchewan a native child.

Regina is a very small city as fare as cities go so their effort to find this child was enormous until the word got out that there had been a police visit earlier that evening over a party and a fight in the house.

At that point the search almost despaired every one focused on the police visit that night and who cared that a child was still missing, then children service got involved and the other children were removed for their protection because the mother and boy friend were not seen a party animals. OK hello were is the little one. To this date the only people still looking for that child are the aboriginal community. To hack with the white community.

There is a twist yet, a coworker told us at coffee that his brother lives in Regina and there are 96 kidnappings of children each year in Regina and only 65% are ever found.

I could find my jaw on the floor; I said if these were white children there would be an outcry from the whole country. Do aboriginal children have less value?

Were talking a small city a farming aria, the wheat belt.

Oh that made me angry. That’s 34 children? Never seen again!

You hit it right on the spot Winnie.

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Recently this was addressed when a small three year old children was taken from her bedroom in the middle of the night kidnapped.

This happened in a not to upscale neighbor of Regina Saskatchewan a native child.

Regina is a very small city as fare as cities go so their effort to find this child was enormous until the word got out that there had been a police visit earlier that evening over a party and a fight in the house.

At that point the search almost despaired every one focused on the police visit that night and who cared that a child was still missing, then children service got involved and the other children were removed for their protection because the mother and boy friend were not seen a party animals. OK hello were is the little one. To this date the only people still looking for that child are the aboriginal community. To hack with the white community.

There is a twist yet, a coworker told us at coffee that his brother lives in Regina and there are 96 kidnappings of children each year in Regina and only 65% are ever found.

I could find my jaw on the floor; I said if these were white children there would be an outcry from the whole country. Do aboriginal children have less value?

Were talking a small city a farming aria, the wheat belt.

Oh that made me angry. That’s 34 children? Never seen again!

I have never heard a word of any of this before 2 mins ago. Why? Because it happened in a small (190,000) Canadian city where the media doesn't pay a lot of attention to.

I see stuff every day that makes me shake my head because nobody will ever know about it. It is sad and unfortunate.

[Snow]

Originally posted by Franken@Aug 12 2004, 04:54 PM

What's with society is what I would like to know.

Don't blame it on society. It's all human nature.

People are attracted to what they find sexy, astounding, emotionally charged, engaging. If I hear about the sad death of an unfortunate 3rd world country, anonymous innocent, I may think intellectually that it is sad and wrong, but emotionally it carries no impact.

On the other hand, show me the twisted murder of a strikingly beautiful 17 3/4 year old all-American blonde who by day attended Church, but by night was having an illicit affair with a 4 US Senators and running guns up from Mexico, and then I'll put done my diet Coke and take notice.

Ya'll can claim that your nature is not so human but I don't mind telling the truth.

[Matt]

The death of a child thousands of miles away moves me. However, I feel more of a "connection" with a local death. (Did I know the family? Had I seen my kids playing with him/her? Do I know the killer? Etc., etc.)

[Snow]

Local, distant, whatever.

While geography may play a minor role it is not the biggest deal.

Take your home area. If some unfortunate minority, inner city, unphotogenic, disadvantaged youth gets killed in a drive by shooting (if you yourself are not a minority disadvantaged person) without some interesting hook or twist and you will likely feel very little. On the other hand, take a rich Colorado white family that dresses up their blonde beautiful daughter like a prostitute and parades her in front of crowds and judges, or take a pretty demur Mormon girl that plays the harp that was stranger kidnapped out of her own bed... and that stuff sells.

We can blame it on the media but the media only peddles what we buy, and we buy it up.

[Guest Traci]

Originally posted by Traci@Aug 13 2004, 09:08 AM

"There were his young barbarians all at play;

There was their Dacian mother: he, their sire,

Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday!"

Lord Byron; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; Canto iv. Stanza 141.

"Perry Ryan: I think maybe the press was a bit sensational because

they were disappointed that the female sheriff they thought was

going to perform the execution didn't actually do it, and as a

consequence, the story became what a Roman holiday that this was

in Owensboro."

Laurie Howell; Last Public Execution That Was Held in Owensboro,

Kentucky, in 1936; Weekly Edition - National Public Radio (Washington,

DC); May 5, 2001.

Thanks