Five women shot in store in Illinois

As brutal as what Simon typed reads, he's got a point. As a society, we care far more about pretty people than we do about those who aren't considered such (and SportsJournalists.com reflects society). Most women who shop at Lane Bryant don't fit the traditional societal standard of beauty. I wouldn't have personally phrased it that way, but the point remains.

 

That was the point I was making.

As rare as this seems to be... gulp... Thanks, sportschick, for understanding.

 

Once in a while, we're on the same page, you know

 

I just circled this date on my calendar!

 

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

Oh, bullshit all the way around.

 

In what way?

 

WBBM streaming coverage on their site all day, as was WMAQ. It's on CNN, FNC, MSNBC, etc, etc, but because no thread gets started HERE for a while, it's because America cares less about fat people.
The arrogance of this place on occasion astounds me.

 

I don't think the looks of the people have anything to do with it. Five people being killed in a mall shooting is newsworthy regardless, and Simon's remark was tactless and insensitive. I suppose the anonymity on the board makes it OK to say things like that, but if my mother were one of these victims, I don't think I would find your retort so significant or witty.

 

If my mother was one of the victims, I wouldn't feel a scintilla different than what I articulated above.

I'm so sick of this country's media's one-dimensionality and preoccupation with the "pretty white girls" when it comes to stories of various female disappearance and/or demise.

The sheer numbers give this story legs, but the point stands. On sturdy legs.

 

I agree with this point. If Natalee Holloway had been 250 pounds, she wouldn't be a household name. If the pregnant Marine had been black or Hispanic, her picture wouldn't have been splashed all over the news for the last two weeks.