To a certain extent I'm with you Craig. I find it hard to get overly upset when a celebrity dies. I didn't know Steve Irwin, never watched any show he was on, so to me he IS the same as the 3 year old boy in Somalia who will die because of mosquitoes or unclean water. Steve's death got far more publicity, that's all.
If I don't know the person, it's hard to get upset. We tend to feel we know famous people, and so feel a loss when they die. Princess Di's death upset a lot of people, and I know I was hugely upset by John Lennon's passing.
This is all on an emotional basis. On some other level all lives are equal, but I also see what Stephen's saying, some lives have had more of an effect on the world than others. The 3yo Somalian didn't get much of a chance to affect the world, while John Lennon, Princess Di and Steve Irwin did.
How about extending the theory - how about all the animals that die when we chop down a forest?
Joy to you
Hazel
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