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Poor Jade fading fast - she looks quite beautiful......

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PillicockSatOnPillicockHill · 27/02/2009 21:44

and do you know what

i wont have a bad word said about her

Poor girl

Shit parents and crappy childhood
YES she went in BB and acted like a fool and YES she went in BB a second ime and said some ignorant racist stuff

but she was 'ill educated' and she did not 'know better' but in her favour :

she educated herself

she learned her lesson

she apologised and meant it

I AM a fan of Jade

I like her a lot and feel much sadness at this vibrant and humour full life cut short

Her little boys were goign to have the mother she never had and i SO relate to that

so KISSES for Jade tonight and much love -sign in if you wish !

No dessention please - not on here!

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2shoes · 01/03/2009 22:21

solidgoldbullet4myvalentine my point exactly. this is the news topic, not bereavement.

pinotmonster · 01/03/2009 22:26

Well that's OK then, as long as it's not on the bereavement thread mnetters can say what the hell they like!

Because of course bereaved mnetters only stay on that one thread!

thumbwitch · 01/03/2009 22:28

pinot, very sorry to hear that you are facing similar tragedy.

2shoes · 01/03/2009 22:29

pinotmonster no we don't

beanieb · 01/03/2009 22:30

I wonder how a thread like this would go down in the bereavement section?

Will bear in mind that the bereavement section is a much more appropriate place if I ever feel the need to sympathise with a famous person's struggle - particularly if it means there won't be so much of the kind of argy bargy we've seen in this one!

solidgoldbullet4myvalentine · 01/03/2009 22:31

Pinot: people who are sensitive to certain issues are responsible for their own psychological wellbeing when using internet forums. Other people are not obliged to hold back their opinions on general discussion because someone, somewhere, might take offence where none was meant, any more than those posting joyous birth announcements should be slapped on the wrist and reminded officiously that some people have suffered MCs so it's inappropriate to celebrate...

pinotmonster · 01/03/2009 22:36

There is nothing wrong with my psychological wellbeing solidgold, but nobody forces you to read about Jade, you can turn the TV off or over, not read posts about her etc!

I think posting a birth announcement is somewhat different to slagging off someone for their media coverage whilst they have a terminal illness!

dittany · 01/03/2009 22:42

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2shoes · 01/03/2009 22:45

pinotmonster it is very hard not to read about Jade, it is everywhere, I would rather not as I have just lost a loved one to cancer.
I can understand your feelings, I have felt the same way about DC's son this week, as it has reminded me how fragile dd's life is.
(sorry of course I don't understand, not having been there, but hopefully you will know what I mean)

pinotmonster · 01/03/2009 22:50

2shoes - I do know what you mean. Sorry to hear about your loved one, and I can see how raw would that be.

1 in 3 of us will be affected by cancer so it is everywhere. Maybe I am slightly odd but I would rather it was talked about openly but sensitively than for example, people giving you pitying looks and scurrying away!

Jade would be followed by the press whether she agreed to it or not really. Some of her honesty has been touching really. In some ways it is also difficult to watch her because it is a sign of what our family are going to face, but if I have a day where I can't deal with it then I don't read or watch!

cockalorum · 01/03/2009 22:57

Pinot - this thread wasnt designed to talk about cancer. It's basically mawkish rubbernecking - the thread title ensures that.

I'm very sorry to hear about your DP. I dont think it's a case of anyone not caring, or empathising. It's more about being ghoulish about it. That's not helpful, imo.

violethill · 01/03/2009 23:01

The thread title actually states that Jade Goody is 'fading fast', which is a pretty weird and irresponsible thing to write unless you are a) her consultant and know it to be true or b) max clifford and have been given the go-ahead by Jade to publicise the fact.

solidgoldbullet4myvalentine · 01/03/2009 23:01

There's no 'responsibility' not to be rude on a public debating forum where newsworthy or general topics are under discussion. One person's 'rude' is another's 'fair comment' for one thing. People with a flat-earth-no-one-is-allowed-to-disagree-with-me mentality shoud stick to setting up Like Minded People Only closed groups on Facebook.

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PillicockSatOnPillicockHill · 01/03/2009 23:02

no Cock that is the antithesis of what this thread is about

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GypsyMoth · 01/03/2009 23:03

if the thread title offends then don't read any of it.......simple!

2shoes · 01/03/2009 23:04

pinotmonster I have been posting on a thread in general health(for some reason I couldn't move to bereavement) I have had some wonderful support and hopefully in turn been able to support others.
But this thread and others like it are crap, as they are feeding of someone else's tragedy. It is almost like people want to be sad.
it is not their grief or tragedy, they just seem to be "borrowing it" I cannot understand that when in rl there is enough sadness to deal with.

cockalorum · 01/03/2009 23:11

exactly 2shoes.

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PillicockSatOnPillicockHill · 01/03/2009 23:14

'borrowing'?? no need for that 2shoes - had a crap enough life myself ta!

no - just caring

'talking' on here

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beanieb · 01/03/2009 23:14

A suggestion...

why don't all the people who don't like the thread or who found the title annoying/stupid/moronic or whatever from the very start just stop posting in it?

Why don't all the people who want to offer sympathy and talk about the battle Jade Goody is facing just stay on topic?

That way we're all happy .

Seems a bit of a waste of time not to TBH.

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PillicockSatOnPillicockHill · 01/03/2009 23:17

beanieb i like your profile

your mums quilts look fab (which child are you?)

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beanieb · 01/03/2009 23:21

off topic

violethill · 01/03/2009 23:22

We're going around in circles here beanie.

I think the premise needs to be that on a public forum, people have every right to post, and will post if they choose to do so.
Presumably people who don't choose to post aren't posting! But let's leave it up to each individual rather than trying to control who can give their pov.

FWIW, I wasn't offended by the thread title (although I don't know how any relatives or friends of Jade Goody might feel to read that she is fading fast) . I just think it's a very odd thing to say when presumably the OP has no inside knowledge of her exact mdical condition. And if they did have inside knowledge then they would be behaving very unprofessionally to say the least. It's also worth remembering that terminally ill people don't always follow the expected time scale in the progression of their illness.

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PillicockSatOnPillicockHill · 01/03/2009 23:24

desperate!

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beanieb · 01/03/2009 23:25

I still think that keeping it on topic (those who want to) is a good idea.

Some people seem upset by those who have exercised their right to an opinion and changed the thread to one in which people are called morons. The best thing those people can do is ignore the people who are using the thread for a purpose not intended and continue to use the thread to discuss their sympathies towards Jade Goody. IMO.

beanieb · 01/03/2009 23:26

I do know that isn't going to happen

and I am the child on the right