JA
Yeah that's quite respulsive. Surely in an event such as this, everyone is equal, who the hell wants to know about whether people of celebrity status have been involved over say Joe Bloggs and his wife from Doncaster.
I agree. Last night I kept hearing about Lord Attenborough and how his granddaughter had died. Fair enough, it is a personal tragedy for the man and I feel sympathy for everyone who has lost family and friends in the tragedy, but I didn't think we needed to hear this as it makes no difference whether he is a well-known person or not, it doesn't make his loss any greater than anyone else's.
Whilst that is true, you could apply the same thing to the death of Princess Diana. Just because she was part of the royal family...
Lord Attenborough came from my village..my grandma has got pictures of her mum with him. It's a sad loss for him and for the whole country: they were not just members of his family, but British citezens.
Sorry, it's nothing like Princess Diana dying.
She died with 2 other people in a car crash... 60,000+ people dying in tsunamis is as different as it could possibly be.
In a situation like Princess Diana's death, it was logical to focus on her. When thousands upon thousands of people have died and millions of people have been made homeless, it is totally irrelevant to put 'ANGUISH OF ATTENBOROUGH' on the front pages.
Indeed, and I totally agree with you.
But out of the 20 or so Britons that died, Lord Attenborough was the logical focus.
And I was only using Diana as an extreme example, I'm sure there are many better examples out there but I couldn't think of one off the top of my head.
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Just had a look at Fox News.
They have been talking about the plight of the Victoria's Secret model who was caught up in the events, not missing the opportunity to show some half-naked pictures of her at the same time, and reminding us how tragic it is that a woman of such delicacy and beauty should be caught up in all this.
Really does make me feel sick.
They have been talking about the plight of the Victoria's Secret model who was caught up in the events, not missing the opportunity to show some half-naked pictures of her at the same time, and reminding us how tragic it is that a woman of such delicacy and beauty should be caught up in all this.
Really does make me feel sick.
Yeah that's quite respulsive. Surely in an event such as this, everyone is equal, who the hell wants to know about whether people of celebrity status have been involved over say Joe Bloggs and his wife from Doncaster.
I agree. Last night I kept hearing about Lord Attenborough and how his granddaughter had died. Fair enough, it is a personal tragedy for the man and I feel sympathy for everyone who has lost family and friends in the tragedy, but I didn't think we needed to hear this as it makes no difference whether he is a well-known person or not, it doesn't make his loss any greater than anyone else's.
Whilst that is true, you could apply the same thing to the death of Princess Diana. Just because she was part of the royal family...
Lord Attenborough came from my village..my grandma has got pictures of her mum with him. It's a sad loss for him and for the whole country: they were not just members of his family, but British citezens.
Sorry, it's nothing like Princess Diana dying.
She died with 2 other people in a car crash... 60,000+ people dying in tsunamis is as different as it could possibly be.
In a situation like Princess Diana's death, it was logical to focus on her. When thousands upon thousands of people have died and millions of people have been made homeless, it is totally irrelevant to put 'ANGUISH OF ATTENBOROUGH' on the front pages.
Indeed, and I totally agree with you.
But out of the 20 or so Britons that died, Lord Attenborough was the logical focus.
And I was only using Diana as an extreme example, I'm sure there are many better examples out there but I couldn't think of one off the top of my head.
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