[GladesGuru]

At the risk of having to spend the day in my Nomex flame suit, the real reason the surfer got the publicity is that she is a head turner, as is Pvt. Lynch.

Beauty sells, draws viewers, readers, - all of which feed the media coffers. Should you doubt this, how many photos were there of unattractive women in the media? Hummmnnnn???

[b9]

What's attractive is the gory in this story,
and the fact it hacked her arm off, and her glory...
and despite her pain and loss,
she will not complain or toss
self-pitied epithets of how she's OH so sorry.