Finally its over. The Laci Peterson case is history. The California jury has pronounced its verdict. Its death for Scott and relief for millions of Americans. I thought people in this country had a lot to do other than follow a routine murder trial in some corner of the country. Boy was a wrong.
The Laci Peterson case has consumed reams and reams of paper, sites after sites on the web (last Google count was 295,000) and hours of discussion on the television networks. I can personally remember not less than 4 Larry King Live episodes dedicated to the topic. C'mon folks, dont we have better things to do with our time. There are so many things happening around the world that needs our attention. But we try to spend our time in what is really the biggest soap opera for everyone concerned other than Scott Peterson and the families of the parties concerned. My condolences to the Laci Peterson family but I definitely think they would have preferred a much peaceful aftermath to their daughter's horrific death than the abundance of media attention that has been thrown at them.
Are we really so gossip and tabloid crazy that we focus on such otherwise trivial murder cases with this amount of public scrutiny ? Dont we really have anything else to read, write or think of?
5 comments:
If its Laci Peterson in US, it is Solihull girls in UK.. (I might have spelt wrong.. but u get the pt. right?).. all the media incl. BBC, Times go after that and it really irritating..
another media obsession is Diana.. dunno how many yrs they are gonna talk abt Di.
Adventure Girl
Welcome to my blog and thanks for your comments. A little more about you would be appreciated.
Yes, the Laci Peterson case is indeed very sad and I totally sympathise with the girls family. Its horrific to read about the way the murder happened. My point though is that such murders happen everyday throughout the country and are judged and handled the way its expected to. Why then does this case warrant all the extra attention ?
Chakra
I am totally with you on the Diana thing. I mean, how long will you keep talking about Diana and her death. I understand she has done a lot of good things and also had a whole lot of well-wishers. But she was neither a martyr nor did she achieve something that the whole world needs to give her the attention she deserves.
I believe she was a good person who died a bad death. May her soul rest in peace. But beyond that, I dont think she deserves the amount of media frenzy and hoople that she still generates.
damn man, lets stop this and start discussing some pressing issues, like Kanchi Acharya's arrest :-)
sorry guys, couldn't resist it :)
Oh yeah, thats definitely a much better and a more relevant topic to whet our appetites.:)
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