A little perspective

As there was no corner sufficiently remote to avoid all of the angst concerning the euthanizing of Barbaro I couldn't help but wonder what the news would be like if the same attention were to have been given to each of even just the U.S. military personnel killed in Iraq. And what of police officers and firefighters? This could become a 'round the clock affair.

I like horses, too, but imagine how the insane degree of coverage has appeared to the families of those told this past weekend that loved ones had been killed in what was at least nominally the service of their country? Whether or not one believes in the wretched travesty being compounded daily in blood and tears these are people who received the ultimate extension of their military service -- separated from their families for the forever it only feels like to the rest.

Comments

SuperWife said…
Barbaro has been big new around here, but, of course, this is horse country. I hadn't realized the story had gotten much broader coverage.
Mike Norton said…
As there was a Pennsylvania connection, too, that may have been part of the reason we were being so bombarded. Still, I did see some long spot on it on ESPN (on in the background at a restaurant) on Sunday, so the national tap was running pretty open, too.

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