Brittany Murphy Dies

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Originally Posted by Flying Mullet

While it's sad that she, as a person, died, it always bothers me how big a deal the media makes of a celebrity death. Thousands of perfectly good people die every day and I'm sure most of them deserve as much attention, if not more, then she is receiving.

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The difference between the headlines "Brittany Murphy dies" and "Man aged 22 dies in car crash" to me is that I know absolutely nothing about the second person. I don't have a face, a voice, a name and most importantly a personality to associate with the second person. Even if Brittany Murphy didn't know me, at least I had a little insight in her life, making me able to sympathize with her or not. This is usually what makes celebrity deaths more tragic (to a larger group of people) than some random person.

I saw a pretty awful and stupid comment on a news site, a guy commented saying we shouldn't care about white rich celebrities dying when there's so many kids in Africa dying of hunger every day. I don't see how refraining from grieving celebrities will make those kids' situation any better at all. Same as eating up all your food won't make them any less hungry. But I suppose these comments will always be around as long as celebrities keep dying.

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Originally Posted by Flying Mullet

While it's sad that she, as a person, died, it always bothers me how big a deal the media makes of a celebrity death. Thousands of perfectly good people die every day and I'm sure most of them deserve as much attention, if not more, then she is receiving.

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If you die when there's no one watching
and your ratings drop and you're forgotten
if they kill you on their TV
you're a martyr and a lamb of god :sing:

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Originally Posted by Levian

I don't see how refraining from grieving celebrities will make those kids' situation any better at all.

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What they mean by that is supporting children in Africa with food donations and money.