Sean Taylor Is Dead This Morning But...

[lethal epiphany]

(I may get run out here but fuck it)

so are four Iraqi citizens who were gunned down by American troops as they traveled to work earlier today.

and so are 3,500 people in Bangladesh after Cyclone Sidr hit the country's coastal areas last week.

and three people in Indonesia following an earthquake Sunday.

let's not forget the two civilians killed this morning in the Afghan capital, Kabul, when a suicide bomber launched an attack on coalition forces.

and the 22-year-old mother and her infant son who were burned alive when a pre-dawn fire broke out in their home Monday.

and 3 musicians who are no longer here after a suicidal model drove her car into theirs.

plus the 7 Brazilian soccer fans who died after stadium bleachers collapsed causing them to fall three stories to their death.

and the thousands of Africans murdered in Sudan during the Darfur conflict.

and on...and on...and on....

Taylor's death is disturbing but what makes his death more important than any of these other people who like Taylor, had friends, families, careers, children, spouses and goals in life?

Do we really care that any of these people are not here anymore?

Are we going to go to skip out on dinner tonight and cry?

Write a poem?

Or it will be water cooler banter and forgotten tomorrow?

I asked myself the same questions this morning when I learned Taylor died and found myself more interested in using a Breaking News graphic than the actual story. Thousands die every single day and the truth is we don't care.

We have mortgages, car notes, college loans, girlfriends and boyfriends, children, shopping, cell phones, myspace, video games, ipods, computers and rims to buy.

And with all that to keep us occupied why would we would really care if an Iraqi child's mother was shot on the way to work this morning?

 

[Recytle]

I get the point you're making, but death is still a touchy subject and should never be taken lightly...

 

[casanova1]

Death is inevitable. Tragedy, be it in the form of a natural disaster, "freak" accident or senseless murder is a part of life as well. Yet until all of us wake up and come to our senses and learn to accept our differences be it religion, skin color or whatever, murder and violence will continue to make up the fabric of our society.

I believe very strongly in God. And in reading the Bible, I know that things must happen. However sickening or atrocious these things may be....an infants bones are found in the rafters of a home 2 years after the parents...(yes, both of those sick ass motherfuckas) attempted to cremate the body in a fucking "barbecue grill"! This was on the news here last night in Detroit where I live. The parents were originally arrested for child abuse...they have 2 or 3 other children. The 3-4 year old son is in the hospital with burns over 1/3 of his body!

To live life is to see sickness and evil everywhere. But if you look hard enough, you will also see beauty and innocence, like when I look at how my 4 year old son is growing.

God be with the souls of the innocent and the meek. I pray that we all shall have eternal life in peace and tranquility with Creator, wanting for nothing. Bless all of us.

 

[njdudeinga]

yeah but fuck dat someone took a young man life.who has(had)a wife to be and a one year old daughter.i bet you it was someone he knew.that's why people get money and leave they're hometown cause people will hate you if they watch you grow to stardom.fuck you tigger man. US UM FANS WILL MISS A TRUE STAR!
HURRICANES 4 EVER!!!

 

[Swole718]

I agree with the original poster 100! My grandmother passed away and I didn't see a blog made for it and I didn't expect to. the point is yeah he passed because of the stupidity of a dumb ass human but is his death more important than anyone else's simply because he played football? HELL NO!!!! I'll say an extra prayer for his family to be strong but I didn't know him so his passing is meaningless to me. Not being cruel but stating fact. My grandmother raised me so I morned until I got over it. I'm fine posting, looking at porn, going to work and everything else I have to do!

Life is precious no matter what and I do value it but to show more support to a person because they play a sport, rap, made movies or anything else is senseless unless they tried to change the world somehow ie. Malcolm X, Dr Martin Luther King. last time I checked football doesn't change society 1 damn bit.

 

[Capo]

Yeah, its fucked up that all of those people died, but Taylor was more widely known so gets more press. His death is more significant to me because 1. I was a fan of his, 2. He was a sucessfull young black man, 3. The way he was shot. The thought of someone running up in the house when I am in the bed with my woman is terrible. Those other deaths are also terrible, but don't affect the general public as much, so arent publicized. That doens't make them any less important. Shit, when the old ass pope died, that shit flooded the airwaves. I couldn't give two shits cause it didn't affect me, but I had to sit through it cause his death touched so many motherfuckers lives.

 

[tag]

If you died, would your death be important at all?

 

[Smut_Marley]

people die all the time...we can't lament on that, just move on and live our lives. Who cares if he played ball, he wouldn't cry if you died...peace

 

[Pres.Bill Piffton]

I agree with the original poster 100! My grandmother passed away and I didn't see a blog made for it and I didn't expect to. the point is yeah he passed because of the stupidity of a dumb ass human but is his death more important than anyone else's simply because he played football? HELL NO!!!! I'll say an extra prayer for his family to be strong but I didn't know him so his passing is meaningless to me. Not being cruel but stating fact. My grandmother raised me so I morned until I got over it. I'm fine posting, looking at porn, going to work and everything else I have to do!

Life is precious no matter what and I do value it but to show more support to a person because they play a sport, rap, made movies or anything else is senseless unless they tried to change the world somehow ie. Malcolm X, Dr Martin Luther King. last time I checked football doesn't change society 1 damn bit.

Although, one life isn't more valuable than another, truth is that your grandmother or my grandfather were not public figures, therefore the public outcry of sympathy isn't going to be shown like it was for Shawn Taylor. You have to remember, the guy has been on the "national stage" for at least 7-8 years now in America's most popular sport, moreover, HE WAS A STAR at this sport... With that being said, he gained numerous amounts fans, so when he passed, of course the outcry of sympathy is going to be greater than your "average" citizen, because in the eyes of the public, he wasn't "average"... Mind you, if my mother or father passed, I wouldn't expect anyone else to care other than those who knew them, I wouldn't expect a blog or any other media/public sympathy for MY loss... All I would ask for is respect in my time of grieving..

With that being said, may your grandmother rest in peace. I know how close I am to my grandparents, and I can only imagine what you went through. Glad to hear you got through those tough times...

 

[Brother Blues]

I understand what you are saying....those Iraqi folks lives were just as valuable.But.......a guy like Sean Taylor,even tho we don't know him personally...we feel like we do.So it hits closer to home.

 

[Grand Hustle]

The thing is Taylor is an athlete, someone held in high esteem in American society. We all understand that there are tragedies all around the world and even though they arent all gonna get the coverage of Sean Taylor, but are all significant to someone. Next time though dont be so sensative

 

[Genocide]

Dawg, don't you realize people don't care about shit unless it hits home? Most of the people you named were not American. American's don't really give a fuck unless its about Americans, thats just the way it is.

Example News Post: Today 230, Iraqi's were killed in a suicide bombing at a school cafteria today...In other news Britney Spears was arrested for drunk driving! Lets go to Stacy who has more info...

 

[YouTellMe]

Fuck that nigga, one more mutherfucker bless with a talent and pissed it away "keeping it real". In feel for the family and my heart goes out to them, but these players don't think about their families when they are out fucking their lives up. So why should I give a fuck.

 

[lethal epiphany]

...but do you really care? That is the question.

Are we all acting...sheep...saying it is sad because we're suppose to or do you deep down inside really care Taylor died? Are you going to sit around and reflect on it?

I get that people in America do not care 3,500 people died in Bangladesh last week. I do not expect them to but I do wonder why death is so .... casual.

To me his death is awful. Young black man, my age, trying to do the right thing, clean up his act, raise a family...I get that...but do I really care?

I don't know...I want to care or at least seem like I care so I'll say "That's fucked up."

But really I am just thinking about how the fuck I'm going to pay for gas to get to work, or how to beat this damn Ferris Wheel level on Call of Duty 4.

Maybe I just need to leave the news business or maybe no one else really cares either. Maybe we're just pretending like we care because we're suppose to and really what is on our minds is the playing Call of Duty, or looking at ass...

With so much shit going on...so much product and information being sold to us...it is hard to take time to really care about anything.

 

[Brother Blues]

Fuck that nigga, one more mutherfucker bless with a talent and pissed it away "keeping it real". In feel for the family and my heart goes out to them, but these players don't think about their families when they are out fucking their lives up. So why should I give a fuck.

What was Sean Taylor doing which led to his demise?

 

[dzlkdd]

Man, I thought he was classless, for that spitting shit he did more than once. But nobody deserve this shit, I don't see anything to indicate he did anything to ask for this... He wasn't Pacman Jonesin' his way through a strip club, he was at home with his family.

I'm in the news business too. People are cold like that, like the statistics are a TV show, like they're not people. I remember when a guy came back talking about great video of a murder, raving about his bloody crime scene vid, then I find out I know the guy just got killed in his front yard.

 

[Mask]

RIP to all, i that shit just brought something over me when it saw it that he die.....even though i knew he wasn't doing good, but i seen it on the ticker on sport center...mann

 

[Swole718]

With that being said, may your grandmother rest in peace. I know how close I am to my grandparents, and I can only imagine what you went through. Glad to hear you got through those tough times...

it's all peace homie.



Maybe it's how I see things but I don't put athlete's on a fuckin pedestal. I don't wear their jersey's, wear their shoes or clothes or buy products because I see them in a commercial. fuck that, I'm me. these mufuggas don't influence my paycheck or way of life 1 bit so when they leave this life into the next, I read it or watch the story on ESPN and keep it moving. Folks are saying "cuz they in the spotlight" according to who, they in the spotlight? not mine that's for damn sure, I watch football for entertainment purposes only. I don't get caught up into the media type bullshit of their lives cuz I honestly don't give a damn.

 

[DaMenace1]

Like some others said the people you named we dont know. The reason why his death is in the media is because he is a popular athlete. When Darrent Williams was killed it hit home also because being a football fan i know who he is.


No ones death is more important than others but this man was one of the best Safties in the NFL.

 

[Duval's King]

Fuck that nigga, one more mutherfucker bless with a talent and pissed it away "keeping it real". In feel for the family and my heart goes out to them, but these players don't think about their families when they are out fucking their lives up. So why should I give a fuck.

What???

 

[blaQue Ice]

True, But Sean Taylor was that Nigga.

 

[ThaAnsa3]

(I may get run out here but fuck it)

so are four Iraqi citizens who were gunned down by American troops as they traveled to work earlier today.

and so are 3,500 people in Bangladesh after Cyclone Sidr hit the country's coastal areas last week.

and three people in Indonesia following an earthquake Sunday.

let's not forget the two civilians killed this morning in the Afghan capital, Kabul, when a suicide bomber launched an attack on coalition forces.

and the 22-year-old mother and her infant son who were burned alive when a pre-dawn fire broke out in their home Monday.

and 3 musicians who are no longer here after a suicidal model drove her car into theirs.

plus the 7 Brazilian soccer fans who died after stadium bleachers collapsed causing them to fall three stories to their death.

and the thousands of Africans murdered in Sudan during the Darfur conflict.

and on...and on...and on....

Taylor's death is disturbing but what makes his death more important than any of these other people who like Taylor, had friends, families, careers, children, spouses and goals in life?

Do we really care that any of these people are not here anymore?

Are we going to go to skip out on dinner tonight and cry?

Write a poem?

Or it will be water cooler banter and forgotten tomorrow?

I asked myself the same questions this morning when I learned Taylor died and found myself more interested in using a Breaking News graphic than the actual story. Thousands die every single day and the truth is we don't care.

We have mortgages, car notes, college loans, girlfriends and boyfriends, children, shopping, cell phones, myspace, video games, ipods, computers and rims to buy.

And with all that to keep us occupied why would we would really care if an Iraqi child's mother was shot on the way to work this morning?

You're right, and all these situations deserve media attention, INCLUDING SEAN TAYLOR. I understand the point that you're trying to make, but they are different situations. Someone from the U.S., especially a famous athlete, is going to hit closer to home for a lot of people. What the news needs to do, which they won't, is to cover these stories equally and accurately to raise awareness.

 

[femmenoire]

I understand your point but tragedy is tragedy.

Unless you're a serial killer or rapist, any life taken away is tragic.

 

[ANGRY MAN]

We just feel like we know sean taylor even though we don't we watch him grow up in the football world,the people in Iraq I can't relate to them because they didn't do a show on them every week like this is dan or mike etc etc and he going to iraq to defend our country.I think the big difference is when you sign up for the army you know there's achance you could get killed opposed of not knowing somebody is going to kill you in your house.Which is suppose to be your safe haven(sp?)Death is just away of life I thought about it last week for some odd reason.Were all going to die and I even look at my little 15 month old daughter like she going to die as well in the future!Live isn't fare do you think atheletes should make millions of dollars oppose to a fireman,police officer or at least our troops Fuck No!

 

[b0010100]

If we cannot mourn the loss of one, how can we fathom the loss of many? In mourning the loss of Mr. Taylor we are taking a step back from the wars and mass genocides to recognize the life of our native son.

Many prayers and future blessings to Mr. Taylors wife, children, and bereaved. May the Lord be with them and keep them in these evil days always. Amen.

 

[femmenoire]

If we cannot mourn the loss of one, how can we fathom the loss of many?

CHURCH

 

[CarryOn]

Millions of people are killed everyday. What point are you trying to make?

 

[DANGEROUSBLACKMAN]

R.I.P. Sean Taylor I Feel For His Family And The Mother Of His Child And His Baby, Cause The Man Did Have A Small Child And My Heart Goes Out To The Baby.

This World Is One Big Disaster.

 

[trumacadocious]

(I may get run out here but fuck it)

so are four Iraqi citizens who were gunned down by American troops as they traveled to work earlier today.

and so are 3,500 people in Bangladesh after Cyclone Sidr hit the country's coastal areas last week.

and three people in Indonesia following an earthquake Sunday.

let's not forget the two civilians killed this morning in the Afghan capital, Kabul, when a suicide bomber launched an attack on coalition forces.

and the 22-year-old mother and her infant son who were burned alive when a pre-dawn fire broke out in their home Monday.

and 3 musicians who are no longer here after a suicidal model drove her car into theirs.

plus the 7 Brazilian soccer fans who died after stadium bleachers collapsed causing them to fall three stories to their death.

and the thousands of Africans murdered in Sudan during the Darfur conflict.

and on...and on...and on....

Taylor's death is disturbing but what makes his death more important than any of these other people who like Taylor, had friends, families, careers, children, spouses and goals in life?

Do we really care that any of these people are not here anymore?

Are we going to go to skip out on dinner tonight and cry?

Write a poem?

Or it will be water cooler banter and forgotten tomorrow?

I asked myself the same questions this morning when I learned Taylor died and found myself more interested in using a Breaking News graphic than the actual story. Thousands die every single day and the truth is we don't care.

We have mortgages, car notes, college loans, girlfriends and boyfriends, children, shopping, cell phones, myspace, video games, ipods, computers and rims to buy.

And with all that to keep us occupied why would we would really care if an Iraqi child's mother was shot on the way to work this morning?

because American lives are worth more, obviously. Don't believe me? Just turn on the news.

God Bless America

 

[dredhed0]

death is never an easy thing to deal with for those that know someone personally. i feel for the family of sean taylor, but his death won't affect my life in any way today. for all the people that are affected by his death, what are u going to help stop violence. are u going to have a candle-light vigil? are u going to write your senate or congressman about violence in the black neighborhood? are u going to start a neighborhood watch in the problem areas in your city? if u're not doing any of that then his death is truly in vain.

peace

 

[bayzay]

(I may get run out here but fuck it)

so are four Iraqi citizens who were gunned down by American troops as they traveled to work earlier today.

and so are 3,500 people in Bangladesh after Cyclone Sidr hit the country's coastal areas last week.

and three people in Indonesia following an earthquake Sunday.

let's not forget the two civilians killed this morning in the Afghan capital, Kabul, when a suicide bomber launched an attack on coalition forces.

and the 22-year-old mother and her infant son who were burned alive when a pre-dawn fire broke out in their home Monday.

and 3 musicians who are no longer here after a suicidal model drove her car into theirs.

plus the 7 Brazilian soccer fans who died after stadium bleachers collapsed causing them to fall three stories to their death.

and the thousands of Africans murdered in Sudan during the Darfur conflict.

and on...and on...and on....

Taylor's death is disturbing but what makes his death more important than any of these other people who like Taylor, had friends, families, careers, children, spouses and goals in life?

Do we really care that any of these people are not here anymore?

Are we going to go to skip out on dinner tonight and cry?

Write a poem?

Or it will be water cooler banter and forgotten tomorrow?

I asked myself the same questions this morning when I learned Taylor died and found myself more interested in using a Breaking News graphic than the actual story. Thousands die every single day and the truth is we don't care.

We have mortgages, car notes, college loans, girlfriends and boyfriends, children, shopping, cell phones, myspace, video games, ipods, computers and rims to buy.

And with all that to keep us occupied why would we would really care if an Iraqi child's mother was shot on the way to work this morning?

real talk

 

[bfreezy]

I stand up and take notice 'cuz ESPN is eating this shit up and using Sean Taylor's MURDER(hello that's what it is) as an excuse to once again put the negative spotlight back on black athletes that are constantly fucking up i.e. the Michael Vicks of the world.

Also, the loss of Sean Taylor just registers closer to home for most folks. People know who he is, they've seen him on tv, etc. Can you name even half the people you mentioned? Or pick them out in a crowd? There's a disconnect, that's why we don't stop and take notice.

Peace.

 

[jaimes31]

What is this a jacking from the movie Collateral? The scene where Tom Cruise tells Jaime Fox he shouldn't mourn the death of one dead man when so many others have died that same day. We don't announce every birth and we definitely don't announce everytime someone dies. Still we should never make light of someone's lost. I'm glad my mother didn't bury me at the precious age of 24. If you want to announce these "should be headlines" don't let it be at the price of another man's life.

 

[Havoc]

It's bad when life is loss- it's even worse when there's absolutley no legitimate reason for it.

 

[stlroddddd]

RIP young brother.