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| Mar 22nd, 2009 10:14 PM | |||
| Fathom Zero | I don't remember any of this. | ||
| Mar 22nd, 2009 08:48 PM | |||
| kahljorn |
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| Mar 22nd, 2009 08:40 PM | |||
| Kitsa |
people don't waste any time being ugly. http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Jade_Goody |
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| Mar 22nd, 2009 08:36 PM | |||
| Jeanette X |
Well, she's dead now: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7925719.stm The End. |
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| Mar 21st, 2009 06:09 PM | |||
| kahljorn |
I don't know, the word fuckface didn't really serve any important purpose. My point didn't have anything to do with who should have articles written about them, but that some people want to leave behind an impression that isn't, "That person was just an asshole." So at the end of their lives they start trying to do good things. My example was that some people who strive to make inventions or write books do so so that they will be, "Immortal throughout time" or something -- thus demonstrating that people aren't only interested in "publicity" while they are alive. But that's not necessarily a good thing, or even a selfless thing. In this specific case, I'm sure lots of aspects could be brought into this. maybe they want to go to heaven. Maybe they want their fame to outlast their deaths, so they can leave something of themselves here (especially in this case, something besides "asshole on a reality tv show who died ). Maybe they just feel bad and don't want to die feeling like a worthless asshole; some people are tortured thinking about what people will think about them, and I can only imagine that feeling might be amplified on a death bed. Maybe they think God is punishing them for being a dickface; Maybe they think they deserve their sickness, and if they do something good they will be cured. I don't really know. My point was only that she isn't necessarily doing it just for her kids because she is going to die so she won't be alive to enjoy any of the publicity. |
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| Mar 17th, 2009 09:25 AM | |||
| MetalMilitia |
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| Mar 16th, 2009 11:11 PM | |||
| kahljorn |
So? Some people just like to leave an impression that lasts after their death. I CAN NAME MILLIONS OF SCIENTIST/WRITER/ARTIST FUCKFACE CLICHES I'm sure you wouldn't want people just thinking you're an asshole after you die. Its called what reparations or something and they are sometimes very selfish
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| Mar 16th, 2009 10:41 PM | |||
| Jeanette X |
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| Mar 16th, 2009 04:30 PM | |||
| kahljorn |
Yea I'm sure she did it just for her kids 
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| Mar 16th, 2009 01:56 PM | |||
| Kitsa | The whole thing is just incredibly unfortunate. She did, at least, succeed in having one hell of a send-off. | ||
| Mar 16th, 2009 01:52 PM | |||
| Jeanette X |
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| Mar 16th, 2009 01:50 PM | |||
| Kitsa |
It's ok. I live with mine, and I've been on a standoff with it that's lasted about 30 years so far. If it grows, I'm fucked. So far it hasn't. I'm dismayed by the Jade Goody story because, in the midst of all of this hype, this is still a human being. And she doesn't get a do-over if she ends up regretting the publicity. The "WATCH JADE GOODY THE MOMENT SHE FOUND OUT SHE HAD CANCER!!!" clips just completely disgust me. The voyeurism and deathwatch disgust me. I guess the audience disgusts me more than the player, because I know in the end everyone will move on to the next interesting thing and she doesn't get to. |
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| Mar 16th, 2009 01:32 PM | |||
| Jeanette X |
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Anyway, I suppose that yes, the voyeur aspect is unsettling, but at least she's ostensibly doing it for her kids. I'm just somewhat moved by stories of rotten people managing to redeem themselves somewhat at the end of their lives, kind of the way I was moved by the executed convict who donated his body to science and became the subject of the Visible Human Project. I was moved by his transformation into a thing of beauty because of his repentance for his actions. Although this is tainted by the voyeurism, it still follows the same narrative. |
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| Mar 16th, 2009 01:26 PM | |||
| Colonel Flagg | Except for the "choice" part, I see a parallel between her and Nadya Suleman. | ||
| Mar 16th, 2009 12:45 PM | |||
| Tadao | Hehe I wonder if any of the people who couldn't stand her wished cancer on her. | ||
| Mar 16th, 2009 09:11 AM | |||
| Kitsa |
When all is said and done, this is just one more very sad, young cancer death in a very hard world. I don't like the fact that the media's on it like flies on shit, because it robs her of end-of-life dignity, but to a certain extent she's courting it to try and get what she can. It's all she knows how to do. It's sad and desperate. |
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| Mar 16th, 2009 09:02 AM | |||
| MetalMilitia |
I really don't know why anyone cares about this. The story of Jade Goody so far goes something like this: 1. She gained fame after being extremely stupid and annoying in the Big Brother house. 2. She continued to be stupid and annoying in her subsequent television appearances. 3. She went back into the Big Brother house and made some comment that a lot of people thought to be stupid and annoying. 4. She was labelled a (stupid annoying) racist by the tabloid press and her career went down the shitter. 5. She got cancer and how every rag in the country won't shut up about her. Now I don't want anyone to get cancer, but if someone needs to get it to keep the universe balanced I'd rather it be her than anyone that might actually contribute something worthwhile to society. What I hate is how everyone's making such a big fuss over it. Doctors that have devoted their whole lives to saving other people's lives die every day. Writers, scientists, nurses die every day. Tons of people that have achieved amazing philanthropic things in their lives die all the time and yet all anyone cares about is the stupid annoying woman that was once in a shit TV show and went on to become a racist. |
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| Mar 16th, 2009 08:34 AM | |||
| Kitsa |
Don't go righteous on me, I have inoperable cancer myself. What I meant was, she put her life out there for the public and there was no dignity. Now she is putting her death out there for the public in the hope that her sons will be well-provided-for (yes, I was following this story LONG ago, as part of the cancer writing I do) and the huge public spectacle is robbing her of a dignified death. I hate the "celebrity deathwatch" thing very much. |
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| Mar 16th, 2009 05:54 AM | |||
| executioneer | pity fuck | ||
| Mar 16th, 2009 03:39 AM | |||
| kahljorn | fuck pity | ||
| Mar 15th, 2009 11:30 PM | |||
| Jeanette X |
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| Mar 15th, 2009 12:55 PM | |||
| Kitsa | Live by the sword, die by the sword. | ||
| Mar 15th, 2009 12:22 PM | |||
| Jeanette X |
*bump* http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...bFiF7iCAWBRBBg http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/M...ow/4265366.cms http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view...ole-lifetime-/ http://news.scotsman.com/health/Jade...ase.5069373.jp Quote:
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| Jan 22nd, 2007 11:36 AM | |||
| ArrowX | people were/still are protesting little mosque on the prairie, because it "Portrays Muslims in a humorous light" | ||
| Jan 22nd, 2007 11:16 AM | |||
| FartinMowler |
And now I'm hearing that Muslims are getting upset about the telivision show 24 because it portray's muslims as being Terrorists
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