22nd November 2007 Thursday

Saw on newspaper today the following headlines - "Girl strangled to death scores well in PSLE". Somehow such a headline brought several thoughts to mind - Would there be a similar headline if the girl had not scored well? And what if the girl had not scored well? Does it mean that we should feel less over her death? If not, what was the purpose of dictating her scores? For the sake of generation of publicity for the paper? Or for the generation of sympathy amongst the crowd? If for the pure purpose of generation of publicity for the paper, wouldn't the means be downright dispicable? And how would people who knew the girl feel when they pass by the newstands? Well, I don't know. What do you think? Somehow I wonder if the publisher really had the interests of the girl's associate in mind when they published it. And that goes to several headlines in press and media nowadays that seemingly had no meaning except to indicate the dark curiousity and decreasing sensitivity of the human being. Well, I don't know. What do you think?