And I watch CSI for intertainment because of my decades in the medical industry.
And yes, I know entertainment was spelled ‘oddly’ in the post to you.
I too watch CSI as I find the science interesting, however they often get on their little soapboxes, and amazingly they never seem to push conservative causes. Then again, if they did I would probably fall over dead!
I have to admit, I’m getting a little tired of some of the characters. I was sorry they killed of Warrick as I liked him, and I was sorry they brought back Jorga whatshername as I find her whiny.
I much prefer NCIS and Bones (altho both also have their stupid soapboxes).
I think it’s a reach because you’re missing the important emotional difference.
The kid in the TV show was a character specifically designed to create empathy in the audience. Aborted kids, born alive or otherwise, are basically a statistic. Even though the aborted kids are real they don’t feel real to the majority of people. The human mind isn’t good at grasping large numbers, and it’s really not good at turning number (even small ones) into objects of empathy. Aborted kids are “faceless”, it takes either a strong empathic nature or mental effort to link to them. TV show characters have faces, it’s really easy to empathize with them, that’s the whole point of the story.