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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Oh, of course I accept your apology & so sorry I took so long to respond but sitting up is really quite hard to do right now - feels like fire inside my hip so I've done none since yesterday p.m. until now. I have learned much about Yorkies and dogs, vet medicine in the short time I've been here from you so what you have to say is always important to me. The two cases I was comparing were due to a link on a page with an article about the Trayvon killing, the second case about kind of an opposite situation where a 22 year old black man shot an older Hispanic man of 28 walking his dog and that younger killer hadn't been arrested, but was questioned and let go by police, the writer of the news article stating it was reminiscent of the Martin case except the ethnicity of the killer and victim were reversed. It seemed to me that this case wasn't getting anywhere near the same degree of media & other attention or outage. In my heart of hearts, probably because my parents raised me to not make distinctions that one violent death is more tragic than a seemingly similar one, I still can't; and a society where media and even some leaders does sometimes seem to carry that bias in how they cover news is worrisome. I don't know, in the long run the cases might not have much in common but since there is no overriding coverage on the second case, I don't know more than those few details reported about the Daniel Adkins' shooting. And perhaps the second case will be covered just the same in a few days. But I assure you my feelings about the cases are based on seeming distinctions made about the tragedy of the terrible death of one victim and not the other by the media coverage/public outcry, where I thought both equally heartbreaking, rather than personal racial prejudice. Just the opposite. |
Again I'm very sorry for hurting you. That was not the case linked, I thought you were talking about the case linked. Don't know why the second case hasn't received as much attention. I don't think the amount of attention a case receives is always based on anything important. I really think the news stations are so different from when I was young. I remember thinking; “I wonder what Walter Cronkite thinks about what he's reporting”. Now we don’t have to wonder, newscasters don’t’ report the news they editorialize it and blow it up and exaggerate, for ratings effects. I personally do not think we should decide if Zimmerman is guilty or innocent of breaking the law, at this point, we should only decide if there is enough evidence to bring him to trial. Even a policeman, has to have a hearing when he’s killed someone, it’s not like a policeman can kill someone without answering to someone, and if it’s found at the hearing that he acted irresponsibly he can also be charged with murder. Hope there are no hard feelings.