11-21-2010, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Alumiyum
I apply things to myself to avoid the age old trap of "speaking for others". But at the risk of speaking for others, I just can't believe the majority of people truly believe that Natalee, for instance, is genuinely more important than Suzy Q., who is an 18 year old missing girl that didn't make all As and has brown frizzy hair. Natalee's story might be more interesting and easier to relate to, but does that automatically mean people value her life more than their neighbor's?
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Chiming in here:
It's sometimes not that they value her life over Suzy's, it's just that they are more likely to actually HEAR about the Natalee's lives when they go missing, and thus are able to connect to/relate to who she is.
They very well COULD relate to Suzy, if they ever heard about her being missing. Not everyone's disappearance gains the attention that a Natalee type gets. It's not that they don't care or value the Suzy's. They just aren't aware.
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