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Steven G and Daily Mail article
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I don't tend to read the papers these days. I read new on-line and watch the news channels on t.v.
But having seen the press on this Daily Mail article , I have just read it on-line.
Very poor taste.
But this is my point on this ....
Hand on heart , I did not know who he was until it was all over the t.v. , when he died.
He entertains and millions of people like him for that.
What the hell he does in private ...what has that got to do with the general public.
If he wanted to take part in a 3 way gay orgy, on the night he died ...well I say good luck to him.
I could not care.
So why do the press, feel with is news !
For gods sake .....
I always remember Nigel Mansell and the press saying he was boring when being interviewed.
He was a F1 driver and able to win.
I think it was in poor taste to publish such and article on the eve of his funeral.
Very poor judgement on behalf of The Daily Mail or as I have always called it ...
The Daily Hate .....
The Express is no better ....
But having seen the press on this Daily Mail article , I have just read it on-line.
Very poor taste.
But this is my point on this ....
Hand on heart , I did not know who he was until it was all over the t.v. , when he died.
He entertains and millions of people like him for that.
What the hell he does in private ...what has that got to do with the general public.
If he wanted to take part in a 3 way gay orgy, on the night he died ...well I say good luck to him.
I could not care.
So why do the press, feel with is news !
For gods sake .....
I always remember Nigel Mansell and the press saying he was boring when being interviewed.
He was a F1 driver and able to win.
I think it was in poor taste to publish such and article on the eve of his funeral.
Very poor judgement on behalf of The Daily Mail or as I have always called it ...
The Daily Hate .....
The Express is no better ....
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Rand....I agree with all you say, but could I add a few comments?
1) He is Irish
2) He is a Catholic
3) He is "Rock star"....what ever that means.
4) he is a musical icon....whatever that means.
All the above added together produces emotional "razmataz" outpouring of personal grief in public and something that we have seen time and time again and will continue to see.
It wll be all over and forgotten within a month, until the next opportunity, to go through the whole charade again presents itself...........and it will.
1) He is Irish
2) He is a Catholic
3) He is "Rock star"....what ever that means.
4) he is a musical icon....whatever that means.
All the above added together produces emotional "razmataz" outpouring of personal grief in public and something that we have seen time and time again and will continue to see.
It wll be all over and forgotten within a month, until the next opportunity, to go through the whole charade again presents itself...........and it will.
All newspaper columnists write in order to inform and entertain an established readership which is in line with the editorial policy of the paper.
In the case of the Mail, its readership is largely right-wing middle-class people who have a strong aversion to homosexuality as a lifestyle.
The columnist in question has taken a series of unqualified circumstances known only to the individuals in question, combined with an unexplained death which enjoys the sacientific - as opposed to scandal- mongering - result of a post-mortem. The has then turned the mixture into a self-righteous tutting dear-dear rant about effectively, how a deviant lifestyle wiil get its just deserts sooner or later, and this is a warning for any similarly inclined young men who think being a gay pop star as a lifestyle to choose and imitate.
This poisonous nonsense chimes exactly with the Mail's known distaste for celebrities, gays, perceived hedonists, and people who consort with foreigners, so as far as fitting in with the readership, it is bang on target. Of course, the Mail lives in its own enforced splendid isolationist world where only 'right thinking' married people who pay their taxes and support 'our boys' have a right to die in tragic circumstances.
Occasionally, such as now, the pesky low-rate inferior 'real world' gets upset and pokes its nose in, so the Mail has to grudgingly apologise for offence (for what, Miss Moir wonders, she is only speaking the 'truth' after all?) to any trendy left-wing lentil-steamers who don't know about real men and proper liffestyles.
It is summed up by one who writes far better than i ever could - please read the way to shoot down a Mail columnist as it should be done -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct
In the case of the Mail, its readership is largely right-wing middle-class people who have a strong aversion to homosexuality as a lifestyle.
The columnist in question has taken a series of unqualified circumstances known only to the individuals in question, combined with an unexplained death which enjoys the sacientific - as opposed to scandal- mongering - result of a post-mortem. The has then turned the mixture into a self-righteous tutting dear-dear rant about effectively, how a deviant lifestyle wiil get its just deserts sooner or later, and this is a warning for any similarly inclined young men who think being a gay pop star as a lifestyle to choose and imitate.
This poisonous nonsense chimes exactly with the Mail's known distaste for celebrities, gays, perceived hedonists, and people who consort with foreigners, so as far as fitting in with the readership, it is bang on target. Of course, the Mail lives in its own enforced splendid isolationist world where only 'right thinking' married people who pay their taxes and support 'our boys' have a right to die in tragic circumstances.
Occasionally, such as now, the pesky low-rate inferior 'real world' gets upset and pokes its nose in, so the Mail has to grudgingly apologise for offence (for what, Miss Moir wonders, she is only speaking the 'truth' after all?) to any trendy left-wing lentil-steamers who don't know about real men and proper liffestyles.
It is summed up by one who writes far better than i ever could - please read the way to shoot down a Mail columnist as it should be done -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct
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pericat, prejudice against the Irish isn't as strong as it was during the IRA's heyday, but even so Brits sometimes feel more comfortable slagging off Irishmen because they're seen as foreign. I don't know if this was really the case with this article - but as I understand it, there's an Irish edition of the Daily Mail, and this particular piece wasn't it. It was written for Brits to read.
andy-hughes, the interesting thing to me is that on the internet version of the piece, the Mail's own readers have strongly criticised the column, which suggests the Mail's perception of its readers, as you correctly outlined it, may not be quite right.
andy-hughes, the interesting thing to me is that on the internet version of the piece, the Mail's own readers have strongly criticised the column, which suggests the Mail's perception of its readers, as you correctly outlined it, may not be quite right.
peri/jno......I have a soft spot for the Irish and have many Irish friends.
Catholicism is, in my opinion, theatrical ornate and covered in ritualism and the there is nobody better at it, than the Irish.......nothing wrong in that and I am commenting upon it, not criticising it.
See the Roman Catholic Churches, ornate to the nth degree and the ritualisation (if there is such a word) of praying.
Nothing wrong with that.
The mass hysteria over "Pop Icon's" or whatever he was, add all that together and in my opinion explains this public exhibition.
Nothing against the Irish, nothing against the Catholics .......just a personal observation.
Catholicism is, in my opinion, theatrical ornate and covered in ritualism and the there is nobody better at it, than the Irish.......nothing wrong in that and I am commenting upon it, not criticising it.
See the Roman Catholic Churches, ornate to the nth degree and the ritualisation (if there is such a word) of praying.
Nothing wrong with that.
The mass hysteria over "Pop Icon's" or whatever he was, add all that together and in my opinion explains this public exhibition.
Nothing against the Irish, nothing against the Catholics .......just a personal observation.
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