[drjimmy]

If it is so disgusting, why did you click on this thread? If all the people who say the media is awful to focus so much on celebrities stopped reading and watching the media focus on celebrities, the stories would stop.

[mewzilla]

I was hoping to get more info on the situation in the Maldives. I've heard very little other than a report that 2/3 of the capital city was under water? Okay?

[APFel]

I clicked on the thread because of the Freepers who usually bash the idols on the altar of The Cult of Personality.

Jet Li outruns explosions so often, a tidal wave must have been slow in comparison.

APf

[Military family member]

Exactly. One of the reasons for mentioning the celebrities is to put a face to the tragedy. Granted, thousands of people have died horribly, but by putting a popular name out there, many people can mentally make the transfer from something "over there," to "some one I know."

[Physicist]

why did you click on this thread?

In all honesty, I pictured a Chinese passenger jet screaming down the tarmac, mere inches ahead of a curving wall of water sweeping after it. Sounds like a great action movie scene. Never heard of Jet Li.