tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305109634987809620.post5512252772435358159..comments2023-05-08T15:11:12.192+01:00Comments on The Rise and Rise of Tim Lovejoy: MeredithEwarwoowarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01188994060142858403noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305109634987809620.post-56768438018567256132011-10-05T10:18:39.082+01:002011-10-05T10:18:39.082+01:00Shaun, you make some excellent points. Perhaps I d...Shaun, you make some excellent points. Perhaps I didn't explain my position firmly enough. Let me hopefully try and assure you a little!<br /><br />1) First and foremost - I made a conscious decision to write this blog post presenting Amanda Knox in a neutral state, if you see what I mean. Guilty or not guilty? For this piece, it doesn't matter. I tried desperately hard not to accuse/imply anything at all about her or the case. <br /><br />2) My main point is effectively this - at some point in the near future, Amanda Knox will go on TV and break down in tears over what happened and her prison sentence. I feel deeply uncomfortable about this. Amanda Knox wasn't the victim here. IF she was wrongly imprisoned then that's bad, obviously, but the Not Guilty verdict means she's effectively won that battle already - she's had her name cleared, she's been released, she's gone back home.<br /><br />2) I certainly didn't mean to infer/imply that "Foxy Knoxy" was invented by her. No, it wasn't, at all. You know when a kid dies and the press immediately find their Facebook page? The same with Knox, except five years ago it was her Myspace page. They saw her nickname of "Foxy Knoxy", saw some pictures of her (and she's a good looking young lady) and immediately launched this slogan. Again, I found that very uncomfortable. A girl has been murdered and the media are targeting a murder suspect, calling her "Foxy", analysing her sex life and splashing photos of her around? What kind of world do we live in now? Answer = a world where "Heat" magazine is popular. I tried to broaden the blog entry out into "celebrity culture" as a whole, and perhaps the link was a tad tenuous but them's the breaks.<br /><br />3) On the Meredith Kercher point - good one. You've got me there. The blog entry was intended to be about Amanda Knox - see how I stayed away from Raffaele and Rudy as well - but perhaps that makes me one massive hypocrite. I concede that point. I suppose my only defence to that would be that if I wrote a long, gushing eulogy about Meredith halfway through, people would look at that and (rightly) think "Well, this is bollocks, you didn't know her." Perhaps my point isn't about Kercher per se, it's about what she represents.<br /><br />4) I am cynical, and if I'm wrong on this one, then I'm wrong, and I'll happily admit it. I just think in the world we live in today, and considering what hot property Knox now is - would it surprise you if she signed a book advance for $1m? <br /><br />Again, that makes me uncomfortable, although others might not feel that way. In essence, the blog entry can be boiled down to this question:<br /><br />"Guilty or not guilty - is it morally RIGHT that Amanda Knox will make money out of that night?"<br /><br />In my opinion, no. Others will say yes. I was just giving my side of the coin.<br /><br />PS. No more comparisons to Littlejohn thank you!Ewarwoowarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01188994060142858403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5305109634987809620.post-80495438521279873902011-10-05T00:46:01.827+01:002011-10-05T00:46:01.827+01:00I don't know the case well enough to feel stro...I don't know the case well enough to feel strongly either way - but are you saying we shouldn't feel sorry for her because you're cynical about how she may act? This seems to have an unusually accusing tone for you (ie. 'While you're queueing to buy her book') Having read your piece a couple of times, you seem to infer that 'Foxy Knoxy' (surely it should be FoKno by now?) is a label Amanda Knox invented herself. Surely it's the media who put that label on her?<br /><br />Is there some irony in writing a blog bemoaning the press coverage of Knox that sidelines Meredith Kircher, which itself is a blog predominantly about Knox and only mentions Meredith Kircher at the end, albeit as a poginant sign-off? I must admit the only story I've really read on the whole case is the BBC website's story this evening, which focused on the Kircher family. <br /><br />The only other place I saw a similar line of thinking to yours ('tho I only saw the headline) was on the front page of the Daily Mail ('Foxy Knoxy Free To Make Millions'). I'm not for a second comparing you to our man in the closet, Richard Littledick, but it's a very fine line you seem to be walking here. Unless of course she does sell her story to OK! and gets her own Jim'll Fix It-style reality show called Opportunity Knox, in which case you're vindicated and I'll look ever more the naive do-gooder.<br /><br />But until then: Innocent until proven guilty (or acquitted), m'lud?<br /><br />Yours devilishly advocating...Shaunhttp://3til6sun.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com