Time will tell whose view of Diana was real; whatever we may wish, only time will tell whether it is the princess or the picture that has been stabbed through the heart; and it will tell us in this way: There exist in our world at this minute revolting photographs of Diana dying in the crashed car, photographs taken by the very paparrazi we all hate this week. The reaction to her death proves that the world loved everything Diana stood for - but what was that? If we see those photographs, if we buy the papers that will print them, then we will know at last why we grieve now; we will know for sure what she stood for; what we want to see; who we are; what our pictures look like.
After Diana, Prince Charles was the next prettiest woman in the Royal Family.
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If she had been wearing her seat belt she might be alive. But I guess princesses don't have to live by the same rules as the rest of us. Personally, I don't get the whole "people's princess" thing. Yeah, she looked good compared to the rest of the in-bred royal family but that isn't exactly saying much.Originally posted by HS Thomas:
Think! The People's Princess dying !
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Originally posted by SJ Ponsardin:
..and I guess looking at pictures of Saddam's dead sons is NOT sick somehow? And that the media are doing society a service?
yea it is a lovely day outside :roll:
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
Yeah, she looked good compared to the rest of the in-bred royal family but that isn't exactly saying much.
Originally posted by HS Thomas:
Think! The People's Princess dying !
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Originally posted by Sanjay Joshi:
Its okay to show Saddam's smashed kids, but NOT okay to show American soldiers being strung up in a war.
Both are sick things to see, I don't see how a moral distinction can be made.
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Originally posted by HS Thomas:
An interesting link on Sainthood,paparazzi,victims and victimisers
Princess Diana passed on Sunday, August 31st and then on Friday, September 5th, Mother Teresa laid her body down for the last time.
As Billy Joel once sang "Only the good die young." Interesting. We will never think of mother Teresa as anything other than old and wrinkled. Maybe Princess Diana's synchronistic passing gave Mother Teresa's death an bit of youthful vigor and beauty. As I said earlier, the media "blur" of the two gave both the qualities of the other. Diana gets sainthood; Mother Teresa gets the energy of youth and beauty. "All things work together for good."
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