This one is less along the lines of television sitcoms and more along the lines of reality, but I hate it just the same, and I don't understand why it's ok.
Unfortunately, we live in a nation that has daily tragedies befalling the arguably innocent. Even more unfortunately, we live in a country that enjoys televising the misfortunes of these people on every possible channel and outlet in order to get ratings. So every couple weeks or so, we hear about a young person, whether child or teenager, getting abducted and killed. Now, I'll say right here, it's terrible. I do feel sorry for the parents for their loss. I wish the media would leave them alone.
It's the people they interview for reaction that piss me off.
Every single time something like this happens, there's ALWAYS one person on the news saying this phrase, "It's just so sad! I have a child of my own, and I'd hate to think of what it'd be like to lose them," and everyone sympathizes with them and these folks are thought to be sympathetic figures. But let's look at this from a different angle.
I'll go a little bit personal here: My father died very suddenly about 9 months ago. The man was my hero, and losing him was devastating. He had a lot of friends, and hundreds of people showed up at his funeral. However, not one of them said, "It's just so sad, I have a dad too, and I'd hate to think about losing him." Were none of them sympathetic? No. It's just that, when you actually say that, it's not comforting. It's not a sign of sympathy. It's actually closer to rubbing someone's loss in their face.
Think about it. If you were to meet an amputee, would you say, "I'm so sorry. I have both legs, and I couldn't imagine losing them." You wouldn't, right? It's a horrible thing to say. However, whenever someone says this after a child is murdered, they're a good person? I don't understand how people can be so stupid.
That's my opinion, anyway.
Monday, July 13, 2009
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