A couple of weeks a go there was a thread on /links about Jade Goody
in which someone or other rejoiced somewhat at her impending death from cancer, and a bunch of other b3tans pointed out a number of reasons why dying of cancer and making orphans of your children is a really bad thing even if people think you are an annoying gobby chav slapper.
The link is not funny or silly or quirky or otherwise b3tarded, just an opinion piece from Michele Hanson in The Grauniad, that happens to be a bloody good explanation of why there are times to stand up and support even the most painful of individuals, even when they employ a cynical moneygrubber like Max Clifford as a publicist.
Apologies for such a dose of seriousness, but I know a few of you responded sympathetically last time this was aired and I thought you might find this interesting.
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willenium Fist bump for verification, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 13:26,
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willenium Fist bump for verification, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 13:32,
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Angry Boss Bee I love horses, death to other animals, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:52,
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Tune.
You're a cunt, though.
*ignores*
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Angry Boss Bee I love horses, death to other animals, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 16:50,
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Very well put
I lost my mother and ex husband to cancer, and nearly my dad too. I've actually found a lot of the stuff on here about Jade Goody extremely offensive- and not in a good, b3ta-ish kind of way. I hope the people who think its so amusing never have to go through it themselves.
I know this sounds self- righteous but I don't care.
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t0ria has forgotten how this all works, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 13:29,
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Agreed.
I may not like Jade Goody, or what she represents, but two young boys are about to lose their mother to a horrible disease.
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Im with you
Cancer isnt remotely funny or a punishment for annoying people. It is a horrendous state of affairs for the sufferer, those who have to support the sufferer and those all to often left behind.
As much as Jade has annoyed me in the past the way she seems to be tackling this illness shows courage well beyond what I think I would be capable of in her position.
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lord turkey boy and the cleft of venus, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 15:10,
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i dont give a shit about goody, alive or dead
but I do give a shit about having her terminal disease shoved in my face - having someone close to you dying of cancer, you don't really want to be reminded of it every day.
and thats about all she is contributing to the world now, serving as a constant reminder of the horrible death of loved ones. Someone tell me when its all over, meanwhile I have no interest in attending her 3 month long media funeral
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mutated monty, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 13:43,
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seconded.
Good luck to her but I dont want to be reminded every day in the papers and news that she is ill.
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Nostrebor can't be everything all the time., Tue 17 Feb 2009, 13:50,
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Seconded
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@RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Tue 17 Feb 2009, 14:15,
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This too.
I mean, what is so special about jade goody's cervical cancer that makes it front page news... what about my nan, what about all the other thousands of women who have ever suffered from it (in relative silence).
It's then that the two words "Max" and "Clifford" loom large (her publicist btw).
For that reason it wouldn't surprise me to hear that she makes a "miraculous recovery" in the not too distant future.
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mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 14:46,
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If there are people willing to front the money
for her to make this documentary, then why the hell shouldn't she make it?
That's not to say I'm going to watch it - the same way that I wouldn't watch any of the fly-on-the-wall documentaries about her life pre-cancer, or a Jordan and Peter wedding special...
The fact is that a lot of people will watch this. Whether they be the Heat/Hello readers after something to gossip about after Corrie has finished, or people who've taken a genuine interest in how terminal illness affects a family, huge numbers are going to tune in to watch her final moments.
As the article rightly points out, whether we like her or not, she is bringing to the attention of the media and public at large, the necessity for screening etc and that in itself has to be commended.
I'm of the opinion that Jade Goody is a fucking spack simply because she has caused so much public offence on several occasions and doesn't seem to learn from her mistakes. The making of the film in no way redeems her for events past, but we can at least say she has (or will have) had at least one positive impact from being a public figure.
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As much as this is upesetting,
and no one should ever go like this, one thing still plays on my mind. Dying of cancer does not make you a good person. And yes, I was mocking her poor attempt at racism, her lack of any general knowledge and general annoyance. And at that time, she had no cancer. Just because she is now playing the heart strings of the public by saying what any body dying would say -miss her boys laugh etc- does not mean she has changed. Deep down, she is still the same person I detested since 2002. And why should we feel guilty about the things we have said about her, when she should be carrying the weight of her own ways in the past. I am not willing to share her burden.
Any way, I blame the media.
Quote of the day
What's incredibly sad is that neither C4, nor the tabloid press, nor a brand of scent, nor a Christmas cookbook, nor even a premature and impending death can manage to make Jade Goody at all interesting.
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@RBFesquire Good luck b3ta, was nice knowing you. So long., Tue 17 Feb 2009, 13:56,
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