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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
if it was a nobody it wouldn't get the press it is getting and if Yankees were in the WS, the more press it woudl have gotten....
but still, nuts.
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Yesterday, I attended the funeral of a fallen marine, just 23 years old. There were news cameras; the procession, which included police cars and motorcycles, about 60 of us from the PGR, a huge amount of family and friends, the marine's battalion, Marine drum and bagpipe corp., was over a mile long and along the route were citizens, schoolkids, roadcrews, etc., holding flags, hands over hearts, standing at attention.
But hell, just another boy soldier killed...but a baseball player that flew too low-THERE'S the big news....
This just proves the askewed values held. Privately, we bury heroes; publicly we worship money-makers.