Jade Goody`s funeral
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Taz
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KD, I agree with all but one of your points. I totally agree about the football, that definately should get less air time and really shouldn't interfere with the soaps! I don't agree with the point about Friends though! I love Friends and could happily watch it all day!!!
As for your points about the funeral, if they had a private burial etc then I agree with your points on that too. She WAS a reality star and this made her reality to the end. If no one wanted to see it it wouldn't have been shown at all. The fact is, if she hadn't allowed the media in and controlled it there would still have been extensive coverage and updates but most of it would have been in a different light. She controlled what was and wasn't shown.
I disagree that we have been 'subjected' to all the Jade stuff, most of the programmes (all I think) were on Living TV and the funeral was shown on Sky. That's just 2 channels and everyone has the option to just switch off. I have over 200 channels and most of the time most of those channels have things on them that I don't want to watch so I don't watch them. I don't buy papers and magazines unless there is something specific that I want to read in them either.
CC, I definately agree with your point about the soldiers. I'm not going to debate it.
At the end of the day it comes down to choice. If you don't want to watch it you don't have to but clearly there are many people who did
As for your points about the funeral, if they had a private burial etc then I agree with your points on that too. She WAS a reality star and this made her reality to the end. If no one wanted to see it it wouldn't have been shown at all. The fact is, if she hadn't allowed the media in and controlled it there would still have been extensive coverage and updates but most of it would have been in a different light. She controlled what was and wasn't shown.
I disagree that we have been 'subjected' to all the Jade stuff, most of the programmes (all I think) were on Living TV and the funeral was shown on Sky. That's just 2 channels and everyone has the option to just switch off. I have over 200 channels and most of the time most of those channels have things on them that I don't want to watch so I don't watch them. I don't buy papers and magazines unless there is something specific that I want to read in them either.
CC, I definately agree with your point about the soldiers. I'm not going to debate it.
At the end of the day it comes down to choice. If you don't want to watch it you don't have to but clearly there are many people who did
Taz
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OMG that would be amazing!Oh me too. Wonder how we apply for a Friends channel
sonkie
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I agree KD....have you ever thought about public speaking as you got my point across as I would have liked to say it but just couldnt get it right lol.....I so didnt expect this to provoke such a reaction with this thread then everyone has their own opinion and I respect that.....its true once you get yourself in the public eye its hard to get out again.
Knowing she did the filming so long to raise money for her boys future was a very brave thing to do when going through something so awful.
I for one am going to miss her......she made me laugh from the first time I saw her on tv, and hope her boys learn to cope without their mum .....xx
Knowing she did the filming so long to raise money for her boys future was a very brave thing to do when going through something so awful.
I for one am going to miss her......she made me laugh from the first time I saw her on tv, and hope her boys learn to cope without their mum .....xx
I feel exactly the same about the football, but they still keep showing it on TV:cry: I'll keep working on them though
I watched the funeral. Good on ya Jade! Your final journey of reality TV.
I don't see why it has to be a private affair...well not all of it. They had their private funeral and burial. The one on the TV was for the others who loved Jade.
So why should grief or celebration of someone who has died be private anyway? Is crying shameful? Something that others musn't see? Embarassing or something
I like to think that if I lose someone close, I could share a little of that grief with people on the media I use (ie forums), without fear that others will think that I should be grieving privately.
It was lovely to hear the story from the Headmaster and brill to hear from the Cancer guy about how she had managed things that they had all failed at.
The funeral wasn't morbid at all. It was a celebration of her life. Why is that less worthy of sharing with those interested than the football or Victoria Beckams time in LA (or whatever)?
Jade was a reality 'star'. For her, this funeral would be like David Beckham's last football match.
In our society, death is something people shy away from. They distance themselves, often to the point of moving away from a grieving person, crosing the road, scared to speak. Frightened of going into their private space, or saying the wrong thing. It's not the same in other cultures thank goodness!
Here here.. I dont really write or talk about the whole Jade Goody happenings.. cos it upset me a lot.. i never followed what she did or anything lik that.. but she was a very popular gal.. and i liked her.. of course she made mistakes.. but if we disliked everyone who had made a mistake well.. no one would have any friends.. I feel she stayed quite true to herself.. never changed her speech.. never changed her beliefs.. i dont begrudge someone wanting to make money.. hell.. if i had the guts.. i would be selling myself to reality tv shows too.. i think she DID do things for the public.. she was an entertainer.. she never pretending to be mother teresa.. she did what she did best.. and that was be herself.. in my opinion.. if she wanted her funeral to be televised.. why the hell not.. why deny a dying woman her last wish? she was "created" to the public on telly.. live.. why not let her go out that way?
I would want my last wishes to be respected and followed through.. why not hers.. and as KD says.. why should it have to be a private affair? why is it shameful to be sad.. and cry.. this is life.. whats wrong with putting REAL LIFE on the telly?
x x
sonkie
Gold Member
Well said Kitteh........you should respect their last wishes......I did everything my mum wanted .....and wouldnt have done it any other way...x
Shazpaz
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WELL SAID KD and Kitteh!!!
I agree there are terrible things happening all around the world. Lots of people die in horrific ways and this does not get covered for hours on the news. That being said the world really took to Jade and I for one wanted to watch and see her final 'goodbye'. People may not think much about Jade as a person....she was very loud and brash. On celebrity big brother I really disliked her as I thought her treatment of Shilpa was disgusting. But due to the reality shows about Jade, I changed my opinion. She was just an uneducated young lady who said the wrong thing....this is undoubtedly due to her upbringing. She wasn't a bad person and never meant to offend people. If she had been a racist, she wouldn't have cared what the Asian population though of her, but she did and went over to India to try and sort it out.
Because of the huge amount of media coverage over the recent months, Jades legacy is that lots of children will not have to lose their mothers, lots of husbands will not lose their wives, lots of parents will not lose a child. I've not been for a smear for over five years, but as a direct result of what happened to Jade I've booked an appointment and couldn't get in for 6 weeks. The doctors receptionist said she has never known smear tests to be booked up so far in advance.
WELL DONE JADE FOR SAVING SO MANY LIVES AND RIP. XXX
I agree there are terrible things happening all around the world. Lots of people die in horrific ways and this does not get covered for hours on the news. That being said the world really took to Jade and I for one wanted to watch and see her final 'goodbye'. People may not think much about Jade as a person....she was very loud and brash. On celebrity big brother I really disliked her as I thought her treatment of Shilpa was disgusting. But due to the reality shows about Jade, I changed my opinion. She was just an uneducated young lady who said the wrong thing....this is undoubtedly due to her upbringing. She wasn't a bad person and never meant to offend people. If she had been a racist, she wouldn't have cared what the Asian population though of her, but she did and went over to India to try and sort it out.
Because of the huge amount of media coverage over the recent months, Jades legacy is that lots of children will not have to lose their mothers, lots of husbands will not lose their wives, lots of parents will not lose a child. I've not been for a smear for over five years, but as a direct result of what happened to Jade I've booked an appointment and couldn't get in for 6 weeks. The doctors receptionist said she has never known smear tests to be booked up so far in advance.
WELL DONE JADE FOR SAVING SO MANY LIVES AND RIP. XXX
