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<blockquote data-quote="Sheikh Yerbouti" data-source="post: 754212" data-attributes="member: 9093"><p>hehe... enough with the multi-quotes already methinks (tempting though it is) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Sorry, but I just don't accept that "more money for the kids is definitely better"... you're effectively saying quality of life comes down to how rich you are which is total bollocks. I think most would agree that money has little to do with raising happy well adjusted kids (extreme poverty aside).</p><p></p><p>As for the bank clerk analogy, well, it's a shit one <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Of course nobody would resent the bank clerk going back to work because they are not making money purely because of their illness (you asked what's the difference... that's it). It could be argued Jade might well have earned absolutely fuck all in future from being a "professional celebrity" were it not for the illness. She probably would have needed to diversify her skills portfolio to include "professional racist" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>As for "what right do we have to dictate..." Whoa! Steady on old chep! Nobody's dictating anything to anyone are they?? </p><p></p><p>You said nobody else is being harmed... well, that's definitely debatable... Nobody knows how this will affect the kids. I'd have thought most parents would not want to take that risk, but I'm not a parent myself so can't give an informed opinion. I'm pretty sure I would not want cameras stuck in my kids faces while they were mourning my untimely demise though <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> professional celebrity or otherwise...</p><p></p><p>As for checking my balls for lumps... I can assure you they do get checked thoroughly... every day... more than once if the little chinky bird with the lazy eye is working <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>The wider question about who to blame for the whole celebrity media "system" is a very interesting one... I don't blame journalists/editors etc (they only write what people will want to read. If they think they can recoup the 700k in increased revenue, then good luck to them). I don't blame celebrities for cashing in either usually, but I do think cashing in on terminal illness and death is crossing a line, however substantial the cheques are.</p><p></p><p>As for "sympathetic headlines"... I did glance at the Sun today in Sainzys, and their headline occupying the entire front page was "Jade: Give Me Death Pill" with a whole spiel about how when she was diagnosed she had apparently asked for a lethal injection or a cyanide pill or summat. You might call that a "sympathetic story", but I wouldn't. You think her kids are gonna look back fondly on that? </p><p></p><p>Of course you're entitled to your opinion that all this won't affect her kids, and you might be right... who knows... but you have to agree that for most people, even celebrities, terminal illness and death are things they wish to keep private as far as possible out of respect for the feelings of those involved. I reckon there are very good reasons for that. Jade has done the opposite, I just hope nobody else suffers as a result of that choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sheikh Yerbouti, post: 754212, member: 9093"] hehe... enough with the multi-quotes already methinks (tempting though it is) :D Sorry, but I just don't accept that "more money for the kids is definitely better"... you're effectively saying quality of life comes down to how rich you are which is total bollocks. I think most would agree that money has little to do with raising happy well adjusted kids (extreme poverty aside). As for the bank clerk analogy, well, it's a shit one ;) Of course nobody would resent the bank clerk going back to work because they are not making money purely because of their illness (you asked what's the difference... that's it). It could be argued Jade might well have earned absolutely fuck all in future from being a "professional celebrity" were it not for the illness. She probably would have needed to diversify her skills portfolio to include "professional racist" :D As for "what right do we have to dictate..." Whoa! Steady on old chep! Nobody's dictating anything to anyone are they?? You said nobody else is being harmed... well, that's definitely debatable... Nobody knows how this will affect the kids. I'd have thought most parents would not want to take that risk, but I'm not a parent myself so can't give an informed opinion. I'm pretty sure I would not want cameras stuck in my kids faces while they were mourning my untimely demise though :) professional celebrity or otherwise... As for checking my balls for lumps... I can assure you they do get checked thoroughly... every day... more than once if the little chinky bird with the lazy eye is working ;) The wider question about who to blame for the whole celebrity media "system" is a very interesting one... I don't blame journalists/editors etc (they only write what people will want to read. If they think they can recoup the 700k in increased revenue, then good luck to them). I don't blame celebrities for cashing in either usually, but I do think cashing in on terminal illness and death is crossing a line, however substantial the cheques are. As for "sympathetic headlines"... I did glance at the Sun today in Sainzys, and their headline occupying the entire front page was "Jade: Give Me Death Pill" with a whole spiel about how when she was diagnosed she had apparently asked for a lethal injection or a cyanide pill or summat. You might call that a "sympathetic story", but I wouldn't. You think her kids are gonna look back fondly on that? Of course you're entitled to your opinion that all this won't affect her kids, and you might be right... who knows... but you have to agree that for most people, even celebrities, terminal illness and death are things they wish to keep private as far as possible out of respect for the feelings of those involved. I reckon there are very good reasons for that. Jade has done the opposite, I just hope nobody else suffers as a result of that choice. [/QUOTE]
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