Remember His Cameo in South Park?

[shanmonster]

I never thought I'd agree with someone from T-Shirt Hell. Although it's a sad thing that poor ol' Supe died, take a look at this:

I can't get over the fuss they're making over the death of Christopher Reeve. It's like he was some kind of Saint. They talk about how tirelessly he worked to get funding for research to cure paralysis. I'm sorry, but am I the only one who notices that he might have had a little something to gain if all of this hard work paid off? The man was a human doorstop. If Christopher Reeve had fallen off his horse and bounced back up unharmed, and then decided to devote his life to curing paralysis- then I would be impressed. If Christopher Reeve became paralyzed, and then devoted his life to finding a cure for world hunger, cancer, or blindness- then I would think that this guy was pretty heroic.

Believe me, if I had an accident and my penis was turned inside out so that every time I took a piss it came out my nose, you'd better believe I'd spend some time looking for the cure for inside out penisitis. I think I would discover I had a real passion for it that I was previously unaware of.

In other news, my throat is still sore and my head is full of snot. While I'm suffering, I think I'll devote my life to finding a cure for the common cold. My search begins in my medicine cabinet.

Comments

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I don't think any of those are very good examples. Aaliyah died in a plane crash. How was that particularly extravagant? Sonny Bono died in a skiing accident. I know lots of people who ski. I don't find downhill skiing any more extravagant than any other sport. Princess Di died in a car accident. Lots of people die in those. Just because her car was a limousine doesn't make her death any more deserved.

Now, some bonehead who dies because they try to copy a crazy stunt they saw on MTV, well, that just helps clean up the gene pool some.

[bboyneko.livejournal.com]

Princess Di - Car crash in a limo while being chased by paparazzi..obviously thats a little different than someone driving to work and being sideswiped by a drunk driver...

Aaliyah died cus she was leaving the bahamas or whatever after her music video shoot, and she so overloaded her private plane with bodyguards and luggage it crashed..again very different than a person flying to visit their family for thanksgiving and plane crashes cus of engine failure.

Sonny bono is perhaps the least relevant example, but skiing is a very expensive hobby, and heavenly ski resort (where he died) isnt a cheap resort to ski in.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

The presence of paparazzi doesn't remove any pity I might have for someone dying. That being said, the way the Princess Di story hit the news and people's heartstrings is downright bizarre. It's especially weird that it was such a big deal in the USA. I mean, aren't the USA all about having dumped their colonial roots?

I don't know the details on the Aaliyah plane crash. If her plane was way overloaded, then yes, that was pretty dumb. But did she know it was overloaded? Shouldn't the pilot have refused to fly that way? Someone made a boneheaded decision, and it might not have been her.

This reminds me of the Kennedy story a couple of years ago (I forget which Kennedy). He crashed his plane, and everyone was filled with pity. But he was flying with a cast on his leg, which is both stupid and illegal. 'Twas his own fault.

Downhill skiing isn't necessarily an expensive hobby. You can get a season pass for pretty cheap around here. Of course, his resort was probably very pricey.

[bboyneko.livejournal.com]

im not saying a person who dies that didnt deserve to die dosent dereve pity, only that if the death involved something of high luxury that few people will ever experience, than i have a little less pity..like lets say theres a country where everyone is starving to death and this one rich person chokes to death cus he was eating topo much food..its sort of like that.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Fair enough.