But I wonder if perhaps having a face and name to remember will serve to remind us that these wars are accompanied by death.
I think so. Although I agree celebrities get a disproportionate amount of attention doing the same thing regular folks do, a celebrity can draw a lot of awareness--Michael J. Fox for M.S., Kate Jackson for breast cancer, Magic Johnson for AIDS. So if this sport star's death as a soldier draws attention to the fact that U.S. soldiers are dying in Iraq...I think the celebrity death will draw a line to the deaths of the non-famous soldiers.
And meanwhile, there are 2 photographers who got fired for taking a picture of the coffin of a dead soldier--as if we're not supposed to see or know that there are deaths. Because it would be bad P.R. for this administration to show americans are dying over there. So Pat Tillman's death could also draw the needed attention to the reality.
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I think so. Although I agree celebrities get a disproportionate amount of attention doing the same thing regular folks do, a celebrity can draw a lot of awareness--Michael J. Fox for M.S., Kate Jackson for breast cancer, Magic Johnson for AIDS. So if this sport star's death as a soldier draws attention to the fact that U.S. soldiers are dying in Iraq...I think the celebrity death will draw a line to the deaths of the non-famous soldiers.
And meanwhile, there are 2 photographers who got fired for taking a picture of the coffin of a dead soldier--as if we're not supposed to see or know that there are deaths. Because it would be bad P.R. for this administration to show americans are dying over there. So Pat Tillman's death could also draw the needed attention to the reality.