Elitism Reaching New Highs? (Guthrie)

[cannuck]

It is starting to bother me that a media celebrity's family member manages to get the full might of state and federal law enforcement for weeks on end.  I feel for her and her family, but I can't help but wonder at why she should get the benefit of such efforts when a missing housewife in TN or school kid in CA would never be deemed worthy of such support.  Have we lost of sense of value completely?  Makes me think of what the police leaders who have to call a practical end to unsolved missing persons investigations - ESPECIALLY for children.

 

[Michael Hardner]

37 minutes ago, cannuck said:

  Have we lost of sense of value completely?  

This is a long-time problem and specifically a media problem.  Certain crimes "capture the imagination" - I never understood that turn of phrase - and get inordinate attention.

Followed by the annual "trial of the century" of course...

[John Johnston]

1 hour ago, cannuck said:

It is starting to bother me that a media celebrity's family member manages to get the full might of state and federal law enforcement for weeks on end.  I feel for her and her family, but I can't help but wonder at why she should get the benefit of such efforts when a missing housewife in TN or school kid in CA would never be deemed worthy of such support.  Have we lost of sense of value completely?  Makes me think of what the police leaders who have to call a practical end to unsolved missing persons investigations - ESPECIALLY for children.

 

Agreed. 100%. 

[Michael Hardner]

Not sure how many of you on here are old enough to remember the Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_kidnapping

 

It was quite a big deal - including the alleged railroading of a German suspect... Bruno Hauptmann

[cannuck]

3 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:

Not sure how many of you on here are old enough to remember the Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping: 

Since that co-incided with the first V8-60 from old Henry I can't possibly remember the event, but being around aviation for the last decade of his life I am vaguely familiar with the kidnapping.  IMHO what differentiated him from some media family is he actually accomplished many things to earn his fame.

[Michael Hardner]

1 hour ago, cannuck said:

 IMHO what differentiated him from some media family is he actually accomplished many things to earn his fame.

So you're ok with excessive attention to celebrities, just not media celebrities ?

Odd but ... ok ...

[cannuck]

1 hour ago, Michael Hardner said:

So you're ok with excessive attention to celebrities, just not media celebrities ?

Odd but ... ok ...

Hardly OK with it, but at least I can understand.   He was from a time when people looked up to those who accomplished genuinely important and useful things, not just because they are declared to be celebrities by the media.  He was a complicated and controversial personality, but his contributions to aviation were considerable.

[Michael Hardner]

40 minutes ago, cannuck said:

Hardly OK with it, but at least I can understand.   He was from a time when people looked up to those who accomplished genuinely important and useful things, not just because they are declared to be celebrities by the media.  He was a complicated and controversial personality, but his contributions to aviation were considerable.

I get it.

[User]

I don't think there is anything new here. Also, this is what appears to be a high-profile kidnapping; these things are rare and very scary for the average person to think about happening to them. When you add up someone famous, something rare, and something that scares people, you get a lot of interest.