Brittany Murphy Dies

[Levian]

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.

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.

[Moon Rabbits]

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.

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:

[Depression Moon]

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

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