Monday, April 23, 2007

Using women as scapegoats...

I am horrified by the headline that appeared April 18 in The Daily Telegraph.
The story is entitled: Was gunman crazed over Emily?
The disgusting subheading reads: THIS is the face of the girl who may have sparked the worst school shooting in US history.
Typical, to blame a deceased woman for the tragedies that happened a week ago. Where is the media accountability? No woman deserves Emily Hilscher's fate--no matter what the circumstances.

What a beautiful girl, with so much to live for. Her life was cut short, and the media is subtly (or not-so-subtly) suggesting that she is somehow responsible because she may have "sparked the worst school shooting in US history."
Shame.

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