tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524137.post430259964718333202..comments2023-10-31T11:40:27.578-05:00Comments on m.d. filter: Lives Gone, Lives ValuedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524137.post-25074628606515832212007-08-17T14:08:00.000-05:002007-08-17T14:08:00.000-05:00This city will never change until we address the r...This city will never change until we address the root problem of violence. No family structure, no jobs and Godlessness. Check out this video by RED DOG.www<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj1EO6gr5y0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524137.post-76482463970135357982007-08-13T11:20:00.000-05:002007-08-13T11:20:00.000-05:00“Is a child-molester/rapist's life equal to mine, ...<I>“Is a child-molester/rapist's life equal to mine, or yours? I don't think so.”</I><BR/><BR/>Before that child molester/rapist molested a child or raped another human, was he or she a child-molester/rapist? I don’t think so.<BR/><BR/>What I am talking about in my post is valuing every life way before the violent crime is committed, and valuing every life throughout “the short time we are here” so that the violent crime will never be committed. It is a preventive strategy.<BR/><BR/><I>“So, it is up to each of us to determine our worth.”</I><BR/><BR/>Come on. For the vast majority of us, our “worth” is assigned to us before we are born. And that goes both ways. You may benefit from thousands of years of privilege and generational wealth and status, or you may be born into a social group that has historically been devalued and has not had access to the dominant culture. You wrote as much yourself: “We may be equal in the eyes of our creator, but not to each other.” I would also add that we are supposedly equal in the eyes of the law.<BR/><BR/><I>“Regardless of worth, the media's main goal is to have attract readers/viewers.”</I><BR/><BR/>This is not the “media’s” main goal. This is the main goal of the corporate owners who monopolize the ways used to disseminate information. When I worked for a TV news station, I viewed news gathering as my service to my community. I see what you and I and other bloggers are doing as the media, also. My main goal is not to attract readers. As you said, though, this is “another story.”<BR/><BR/><I>“One final thought, If all people murdered should receive equal coverage by the media, why not everyone who dies?”</I><BR/><BR/>In New Orleans, there is a murder crisis right now, and it is disproportionately affecting young African-American males in specific geographic areas. That’s what warrants coverage. <BR/><BR/>Look at the Central City map and the 20 murders there. That is a story in itself, no matter what the race, age, or class of the murdered.<BR/><BR/>Equal media coverage is not what the post was about. I was pointing to the lack of stories on other murders as evidence that those lives are valued less by society. I believe your comment strengthens that assertion.m.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03138055513242586549noreply@blogger.com