Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Trolled to death?
Maybe it can happen.
In other news, The Globe is being led by the nose, acknowledges that it is being led by the nose, and in fact praises its leaders for leading it by the nose.
What began as a one-woman protest in honor of [PR Parasite Cindy Sheehan]'s 24-year-old son Casey -- killed in Baghdad in April 2004 -- has swelled to a crowd of 60. People have joined her from around the country, as have antiwar organizations, offering their financial and media muscle to spread the compellingly simple message: Talk with her, Mr. President.
Stop and consider what is meant by "media muscle." It usually refers to the ability of organizations to get newspapers and the like to pay attention to them. Now consider what it means to be a newspaper praising that.
Last weekend rancher Larry Mattlage, impatient with the commotion, fired a shotgun blast to send everyone away -- apparently not stopping to think that he could have harmed someone or that his perceived inconvenience does not come close to the agonizing adjustment Sheehan must make for the rest of her life.
Emphasis mine to point out the desperate spinning attempt by those who have no control over their nose. Be sure to extrapolate, somewhat. If you're inconvenienced by someone who's sad, you have no right to try to get around that person. Instead, just sit back and continue to be inconvenienced for the rest of your life, because someone being sad and unable to act is far more important than you being able to live your life.
The neighborhood might not have had the disruption or danger if Bush had come out to talk, or invited Sheehan inside.
Ah, yes, Bush's fault. It also would not have had the disruption or danger if Sheehan and co. weren't camping out there, but who's counting?
But, in what has been a pattern of administration insensitivity with grieving families, Bush sent out two aides to talk to Sheehan.
Yes, everyone deserves face time with the president whenever they want. It's insensitivity if some person leading a country of 300 million does not establish a pattern of stopping to talk with anyone who has a problem everytime that person wants to talk.
Bush made little time for families in 2003 after the Iraq invasion, and though he has arranged more meetings over the past year, he still chooses to emphasize positive images of a successful mission rather than the US casualties, now approaching 2,000, in Iraq.
Dammit, why isn't our president explaining how terrible everything is?
Small things can mean a lot, and a vacationing president can surely spare a few minutes to talk with a woman who needs to express what is on her mind and burdening her heart.
Probably. But can a vacationing president spare a few minutes to talk with every woman who needs to express what is on her mind and burdening her heart? Or is that only a right for those who have "media muscle" behind them?
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