We are just too pretty for God to let us die

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:32 PM

This is probably more properly written up as a blog. But blog's are less than dynamic when comments trickle in, and since our forums can be whirlwinds of opinions, I have my needle ready and have wet my thread.

Huh. It didn't work as a thread. So "PRESTO", it is now a blog.

Every so often a tragic news story comes on that somehow breaks your heart a little more than the rest of the tragic news stories you hear. This morning I watched a news video about a young women in the Detroit area who was found in the trunk of a car murdered. As the story went on, I caught myself thinking, "What a shame, she such a pretty young thing". (now before we get stuck on the word "thing", it's just an expression. I do not now nor have I ever been guilty of objectifying women. I do not know if the expression is a regional thing or not, but no slur is intended) I caught myself. That’s the point here. Would I or anyone watching or the news media that brings us these stories, have cared, even a little if she weren’t pretty?


Daniella Munoz (RIP) http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/11233782/detail.html

I do not wish to detract from the tragedy involved here nor belittle the grief of her family and friends. But the question is why are looks held in such high regard? To the point of trivializing, marginalizing, miniaturizing anyone not flawless. We are just now in recovery from the Anna Nicole Smith debacle. Sadly, I could not picture her life coming out any other way. I just thought she had a few more years to go.

But here is the choice.

Person of Interest:


Persona Non Grata:


Pop culture is literally littered with the bodies of beautiful people too young to die. And if you look closely, they are all very pretty. Male and female. Albert Einstein and Mother Theresa and the ugly famous have risen to their status by extraordinary achievement. Paris and Nicole are famous, why? Don’t know ‘em, can’t hate ‘em, per se, just wondering. And mourning. Not the dead, but society. At least ours. Maybe there is a place for the Burqa after all. And so maybe Michael Jackson isn’t quite as messed up as we might want to think…

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