Daily Cow

Celebrity vs. Soldier Deaths

It’s unfortunate that we mourn a celebrity with such an outpouring of affection that you would think they gave their lives for us.Too bad we didn’t memoralize each and every one of the soldiers who died in our tragic misadventures in Iraq and Afghanistan in the same manner. Perhaps then the murder of war could be exposed for what it is and another solution could be found to prevent it. Death is a tragedy no matter who it happens to. It’s just a shame that we go so overboard when it comes to a celebrity who may have done some great things but the magnitude of coverage is never deserved. We are all on the same boat and it’s time we stopped giving so much attention to the “attention seekers.”