Non-Extraordinary Reactions to Extraordinary Things
by Regan Lee
But others had different opinions, not on seeing the UFOs, but on reporting seeing UFOs. One poster with the handle of “What” wrote:
And obviously she followed up on the suggestion to contact the media. D-H, is this really newsworthy? "
Yes, it is “newsworthy” and I have to ask, why isn’t it? Unidentifiable machines flying around your home -- emitting sparks, no less -- seem pretty “newsworthy” to me. I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather read about weird craft in our skies than the latest stupid self-indulgent stunts of a Paris Hilton.
Another poster, “ChadT” wrote:
Come on Democrat Herald.. front page news? You could not find a better story than this? Do a story on a local teacher going out of their way to influence our kids.. or a local war hero.. or why the most unemployed county in the state fights big employers that might be coming here.. jeez "
Here is that bizarre argument that because one comments on one thing, that person or entity does not care about other things. If I write about scrambled eggs, that doesn’t mean I don’t care about the war. Or that I dislikefried eggs.
Another poster decided that there’s “a place” for this kind of thing, and suggested The Keyhoe Report. Well, okay, but why exile UFO sightings to a fringe UFO site where, for the most part, only those interested in UFOs will visit? Why not give this, and other UFO reports the place they merit -- in the mainstream media?
This non-extraordinary reaction to extraordinary things is definitely weird. I don’t know what the game plan is among the scofftoids: do they think that by acting jaded the subject will just go away? Is it fear, or a general unease, about the whole thing that causes some to so easily dismiss UFO sightings to the point that they're not worth comment? The next step is: head stuck firmly in the sand. Don't acknowledge that huge triangle, weird lights, funny objects or, in the case of the Lafuers, orbs emitting sparks. Like the military's stance on homosexuality, the philosophy seems to be "don't ask, don't tell." We'll just let the little buggers fly over us without comment.
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