Sean Taylor Fatally Shot at Home - Deceased

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Hypothetical question:

If the football player who was wasn't a starter or elite player like Sean Taylor, would we be just as sad and have a thread this long about it?

I really don't think so.

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Of course not. I don't see what the problem with this is - obviously a more talented player is going to create more resonance by his play.

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The problem is in the implication that someones worth as a human is dependent on their 40 time or their ability to lay huge hits. Or maybe the implication that our reaction and mourning and emotional response SHOULD be based on their worth as a human, since thats what we all parrot all day long, even though it isnt true and that not everyone is worth the same to us.

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I don't think this is true at all. We know who football players are because of their talent at a game. The more talented they are at that game, the more we see them play it, the more we feel like we know them. Its only natural to be more effected by the death of someone you know then someone you don't, no matter who they were as a person.

/edit oops, JOA beat me to this.