Why is society "so torn up" about one death and not another?!
Question: in light of heath ledger's recent death, i started to notice something. i got on yahoo questions just to see how many questions i could find with something to do with him in them. as which i did for the jamie lynn spears story. anyways, my point is this...why is it that when someone famous dies, people all around the world are "so upset about it" but when it's someone a little less famous, no one seems to care?
to tie my jamie lynn spears part into my question, how many of you were upset to find that a young girl was raped (i know JLS wasn't, but both were young and pregnant), then when she was 8 months pregnant, her and her unborn baby were brutally murdered? how many of you were "so torn up" about the woman and her niece and nephew dying by her walking them onto an interstate? how many of you "felt for the family" of the man who threw his 4 kids into the river in alabama? and how many of you wrote "RIP" to the mother of the 2 year old thrown from a bridge in hawaii?
Answers: in light of heath ledger's recent death, i started to notice something. i got on yahoo questions just to see how many questions i could find with something to do with him in them. as which i did for the jamie lynn spears story. anyways, my point is this...why is it that when someone famous dies, people all around the world are "so upset about it" but when it's someone a little less famous, no one seems to care?
to tie my jamie lynn spears part into my question, how many of you were upset to find that a young girl was raped (i know JLS wasn't, but both were young and pregnant), then when she was 8 months pregnant, her and her unborn baby were brutally murdered? how many of you were "so torn up" about the woman and her niece and nephew dying by her walking them onto an interstate? how many of you "felt for the family" of the man who threw his 4 kids into the river in alabama? and how many of you wrote "RIP" to the mother of the 2 year old thrown from a bridge in hawaii?
I totally agree. The priorities of our society are really screwed up. It is sad that Heath died but the marine's life is no less important that his just because she wasnt famous. Legions of strangers are talking of crying and mourning and they cant function because they are so sad about Heath but that is a bit crazy. They dont know him! It is sad but if you cant see that you're are not involved in the situation, it doesnt affect your life in any way and the guy is a stranger to you, then why the heck are you hysterical over his death?
Im sad hes dead, its tragic, its sad and I feel for his family and child. But, then I move on and go hug my husband and go to work. You see it, you acknowledge it and you just appreciate life a bit more. Thats all.
I was WAY more horrified about the kids being thrown off bridges and into traffic. Or that poor Marine that was killed. That was real tragedy but still. I hug my husband, tell him I love him and get on with my life. Yes we should acknowledge all tragedies but its AMAZING how celebrity deaths bring all the unreasonable people out of the woodwork but innocent kids being murdered just gets a 10 second nod on the news and everyone ignores it.
Our priorities are screwed up.
because they're famous and it's right infront of everyone's faces. even people coming out who has never seen heath ledger's movies or never cared two craps about him while he was alive. it's pitiful, but that's the way it is.
i hate the fact that anyone dies, not just heath ledger, but he's a person too and he deserves the same respect. he shouldn't be treated any less just because he's an actor.
OK, when I hear those types of stories on the news, I really feel for those families and I actually think about it for a moment, especially if there were kids involved it really hurts me to hear about that. But the reason people talk about celebrity deaths is because we feel like we know them, even though we don't, it just makes sense to be in shock..it's like someone you know died. Even if it was a non-celeb but someone I knew for a brief moment and heard about their death I would feel the same.
i agree with you and it is so sad that we all dont haer about the people that are not famouse every day someone dies that is special to someone else .I feel for heaths family but then again i feel for anybodies family that looses someone that they care for .I feel for the family of missing Kids/partners .so yes i understand where you are coming from so much .
I totally understand what you are saying. People around the world really should care about every death, not just one. But at the same time you rarely see anything on TV or the Internet about an ordinary person dying. Celebrities people see all the time. Heath Ledger was one of my all-time favorite actors. I was deeply saddened to learn about his death. I do wish more people cared about all the bad things that happened to normal people. I do.
I think society is torn up about Heath more than Jamie Spears because she isn't dead, she's just pregnant. Heath Ledger was a great actor with his whole life ahead of him. A beautiful two year old daughter and a wonderful acting career. I do feel bad for others who have died recently (the woman who was thrown from a bridge and Brad Renfro who passed a few days ago.) I just don't feel bad for Jamie Spears because she got pregnant at only 16, she wasn't that great of a actress, and she should have known that little kids, mostly girls look up to her, know she's pregnant why should I feel bad for her, she did this to herself with her boyfriend. I don't feel bad for anyone in her family except for her nephews and her own child.
Heath Ledger is a great lose to his family and friends. He will be missed. I hope he is at peace.
You answer you own question when you ask about "Heath Ledger" and then go on to ask about "a young girl", "the woman, and her niece and nephew", "the man" and "the mother". It is all about familiarity. You know Heath Ledger. Maybe not personally but you know his face and his films. You won't see him in anymore movies and this leaves a void. If I knew of the others and their lives had somehow influenced mine even in a way of entertaining me then maybe it would be more relevant to me. All are sad cases but you know 155,520 people die every day and I can't mourn them all so I mourn the ones I knew.
I don't pay much attention to the Hollywood dribble. I don't care who is dating whom, or if some actress looks "fat" because she gained weight for a movie. While I read "Redbook" and "Good Housekeeping", I don't pay much attention to theclebrity stuff, and just skip over the interviews. It's not something in which I'm interested.
Until this mornng, I couldn't have named one movie Heath Leger (sp?) was in. His story (and Chris Farley comes to mind, too) are great examples that Hollywood fame, fortune and money cannot buy happiness. It's sad that his two-year-old child will not have her father because it sounds as though he just couldn't handle the Hollywood life. After hearing stories like that, and just the general deal that celebrities have no private life, I don't know why anybody would want that.
I've always felt for the real, everyday person. I'm the real, everyday person. Soon after my four month old daughter was born, I saw a news story about a mother deliberately killing her baby. I wept and prayed for that child. I think I may have been holding my daughter and just held her tighter. I vaguely recall hearing about the father who threw his children over the bridge. It must have been one of those rare days when I did not see or read much news.
I think it's horrible, regardless of one's status in society. While I try to not pay attention to Hollywood gossip, some things, like Brittany Spears's troubles are practically in my face. While it's horrible and tragic (to use a word that is getting over used), I don't think the stories need to be second or third in the evening news lineup. In terms of Jamie Lynn, it's sad that any teenager becomes pregnant. However, I think there is still too much out there encouraging children to have sex and it's scary for the children now. It will be worse for me when my daughter is older. (When I first heard of Jamie Lynn Spears, the word "nepotism" came to mind.) What's even sadder, is that Jamie Lynn and the guy supposedly met at a church youth group function.
Okay. I've lost my train of thought, and I'm rambling. Speaking of my daughter, she'll probably be up soon and hungry. So, I'm going to sign off and make my coffee.