AztecWarrior
2006-04-25, 11:16 PM
People die. Many people die daily. Some of these people die in horrible ways: violence, accidents, war, etc. Just as bad, some people are kidnapped, or go missing. The worst feeling, I've heard, is the uncertainty. While tragic to know that a beloved has died, it provides closure.
John Doe can walk down the street, get run over by a car in a drunken hit-and-run, die, and he'll get a mention in the local nightly news.
Natalee Holloway can go missing in Aruba, and the media pretty much has a collective orgasm. The story has everything: a foriegn and tropical locale, a damsel in distress, Keystone cops to fumble in the investigation, it's like a fucking episode of CSI: Miami. So they pounce. Just like they were intelllectually circling like buzzards over William Rehquist when he was ailing, speculating who would replace him.
I wouldn't be posting this if the case faded away. But IT DOES NOT. You can't turn Fox News on without hearing Ms. Talks-Between-Teeth (Greta van Susteren) whistline between her teeth as she talks about the "latest development" in the Natalee Holloway case, which ranges from "Joran van der Sloot arrested" to "Media bitches, so Dutch Marines have to aid in the investigation despite the fact that it's not their job" to "I think Deepak Satish just took a crap".
Sorry, I DONT CARE. There are much worse things going on in other parts of the world than to dwell on one person missing in Aruba. Sex offenders strike again and again and get shorter sentences every time, new developments in the War on Terror, the hijacking of Venezuela by Hugo Chavez, et cetera, et cetera. But no, we must go live to Aruba every night to check up on the bowel movements of the local cops. The media has milked this story to no end. Let it go already. Just tell me when they find the body (you're kidding yourself if you think she's alive).
John Doe can walk down the street, get run over by a car in a drunken hit-and-run, die, and he'll get a mention in the local nightly news.
Natalee Holloway can go missing in Aruba, and the media pretty much has a collective orgasm. The story has everything: a foriegn and tropical locale, a damsel in distress, Keystone cops to fumble in the investigation, it's like a fucking episode of CSI: Miami. So they pounce. Just like they were intelllectually circling like buzzards over William Rehquist when he was ailing, speculating who would replace him.
I wouldn't be posting this if the case faded away. But IT DOES NOT. You can't turn Fox News on without hearing Ms. Talks-Between-Teeth (Greta van Susteren) whistline between her teeth as she talks about the "latest development" in the Natalee Holloway case, which ranges from "Joran van der Sloot arrested" to "Media bitches, so Dutch Marines have to aid in the investigation despite the fact that it's not their job" to "I think Deepak Satish just took a crap".
Sorry, I DONT CARE. There are much worse things going on in other parts of the world than to dwell on one person missing in Aruba. Sex offenders strike again and again and get shorter sentences every time, new developments in the War on Terror, the hijacking of Venezuela by Hugo Chavez, et cetera, et cetera. But no, we must go live to Aruba every night to check up on the bowel movements of the local cops. The media has milked this story to no end. Let it go already. Just tell me when they find the body (you're kidding yourself if you think she's alive).