and while people kill each other in wars worldwide....LiveJournal remembers what's Important.

[moonvoice]

Holy moly, I've seen more people cover Steve Irwin's death in posts on my FList (over 8 so far) in the past hour that it's disturbing (though I feel bad for his wife and two children, it's not like they will be penniless / without support / etc.) I'm sure the news in Australia will make it a headline on all the news stations even as we send illegal immigrants offshore to live in harsh conditions, even as we ignore the Australian Aboriginals who continue to live in fourth world - yes, fourth world - conditions.

Is this world skewed, or what?

I reckon the war of terror would get more coverage if everyone started killing each other with stingray barbs instead of bombs. *cough cough*

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[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

yes, I agree to a degree. But how many aboriginal centres focus on conservation, environmentalism and looking after our planet? There are plenty of them that don't get much coverage because of the fact they are in a minority group.

Steve Irwin wasn't one of the 'few' who was doing a great job, he was one of the many who just happened to get noticed because he was white, and because he had a gimmick.

He will be one of the only ambassadors of nature who will get any notice (with the exception of David Attenborough) or media attention, while thousands of other ambassadors of nature truck along doing animal rehabilitation, educate and entertain people about nature, and do their bit to help in conservation.

*shrugs* And we'll forget about them because why, we're tired and jaded? No, because the media forgot to shove the existence of plenty of other environmentalists. It's not all about cynicism, a lot of it is just about paying attention to what we see in the mass media around us.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Uh, that's meant to be: 'no, because the media forgot to shove the existence of plenty of other environmentalists in our face.'

Probably because they're more busy actually looking after our environment, than doing photo shoots and camera calls, and coming up with new gimmicks to keep the masses entertained.