tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305109634987809620.post2502678460301692062..comments2023-05-08T15:11:12.192+01:00Comments on The Rise and Rise of Tim Lovejoy: In MemoriamEwarwoowarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01188994060142858403noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305109634987809620.post-89495711186300194552011-07-26T23:10:48.886+01:002011-07-26T23:10:48.886+01:00That very status was on my news feed today, provin...That very status was on my news feed today, proving that said 'friend' of mine had no clue about the circumstances surrounding that soldier's death and was just copying that status to make them look superior somehow.<br /><br />This fucks me off so much I was gonna post something myself on Facebook but it just descended into an incoherent rant so I left it. At first it annoyed me that people were seemingly trying to compete with how grief-stricken they were (including someone I have a lot of time for who blogged at least three times on the Oslo shootings, and then kept relentlessley plugging his blog..). But then, we had to put up with the usual bollocks whereby people try to show off how much they support 'the troops'.<br /><br />I have a lot of respecy for the armed forces, and they do a difficult job, which makes me even more annoyed that so many idiots seek to use their cause to make themselves look somehow morally superior to those who mourn people like Amy Winehouse.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12648522603501747348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305109634987809620.post-64588186239236996832011-07-25T21:02:14.825+01:002011-07-25T21:02:14.825+01:00One of my Facebook friends posted that status you ...One of my Facebook friends posted that status you quoted, yet they replaced "singer addicted to drink and drugs" with "smackhead loser". Was very tempted to tell her that that smackhead loser was someone's daughter, just as the soldier they referred to was someone's son. <br /><br />You do make some very good points. I did feel that the Norway massacre warranted the lead story position ahead of Amy's death myself, but I was stil disgusted by the way some people were turning it into a competition over which tragedy was more important. Dan Wootton, the ex- News Of The World Showbiz Columnist, was rightfully condemned for implying on twitter that what happened in Norway was "old news" and that the media should put an icon's death at the centre of their coverage. In turn, the constant "rehab" jokes and remarks to the effect of "I have no sympathy for her. She chose to take drugs and deserved what she got", from the anti -Amy brigade turned my stomach. Like you say, you can't compare Norway to Amy or to the death of that soldier. All are tragedies. <br /><br />I've probably written a blog myself out of this comment.Lynseyhttp://www.lyns27.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com