Jester's latter part of the statement is more what's true... wether or not she was female just adds to it... what REALLY is going on is that the media needs to sell. And people love having specific heroes to call upon when it comes to war and the media... so with someone idolized this way, they can put out all of this garbage about her and BOOM sell a lotta magazines, talk shows increase their ratings, news channels get more viewers, bam... and it filters down... more people buying magazines and watching news see more commercials and advertising... it's how the whole crooked system works. If you heard about every individual who suffered people would get bored of it and turn a deaf ear to it. You may say "Well that's what I'm doing about Jessica now" but that's not really true, you're talking about her.. they've sold her to you. As they say "There is no such thing as BAD publicity."
Fuel that corporate machine, it loves the fire. As far as I'm concerned, I've never heard about this girl until just now reading this post... I don't watch tv or pay attention to newspapers or magazines... call me jaded, call me naive... but at least I don't get lead around by media. There are just too many things in this world I do not need to know about, and I"m sorry if it offends, but war is not something I need to know about. Yes, it affects me... but really am I going to do anything about it whether or not I know about people like Jessica Lynch?
Blargo... now I've gone and ranted... that's rare for me. I"m a cheery poster : D
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