Anna Nicole Smith Dies

[Fadingtoblack]

^^Maybe it's just Australia, Herald Sun had Frontpage and however many pages inside for the Saturday edition, and today I see she's got half the Frontpage and another bunch of pages inside.

It's painful, you guys are lucky!

[minus clover]

^^ same here in adelaide... a banner headline & a couple of pages in yesterdays advertiser, and another couple of articles in todays sunday mail... meanwhile people here are dying in houseboat explosions (where i grew up) and another in a speedboat crash and those stories rate a couple of lines tucked inside the papers... i'd rather see headline stories that are relevant to where i am, not to some bimbo from overseas...

[OutlawTorn81]

There's a lot of misogyny in this thread.

That's someone's daughter you people are talking about. Regardless of whether or not they'll ever read this, have a little class and show some respect for a human being that died because she was trying to conform to what "the system" wanted her to be.

i'm sorry, i was under the impression we were entitled to speak our opinions. my opinion is.... why the fuck do us aussies need to hear all about her life/death when most of us couldnt give a rats toss-bag about her anyway (no offence to my ratties).

and yes, she was someones daughter, but as she stated many many times in many many interviews, she wanted nothing to do with her mother, refused to speak to her, therefore, the ones we should be feeling sorry for are her mother and her daughter. she chose the lifestyle she lived, she allowed herself to be manipulated by the men around her (howard k stern being one of a long long list) and she chose to take drugs. obviously the word "no" meant nothing to her.

you can call me a misogynist all you want, but i am speaking from the position of being a mother, unlike you, and i have lost a child (however, it wasnt to drugs/booze); and surprisingly enough, i also have a mother... oh yeah, i have been manipulated by the men in my life but i didnt turn to drugs to deal with the pressure and i have never wanted to be something i'm not!!!!!

Nobody's questioning or restricting your right to express your opinion. I wasn't aware that a request for civility and decorum in the wake of somebody's death equated to the guys in black helicopters parachuting into your house to stop you from spewing hate speech.

If you don't like that Australia is being bombarded with the news of the death of an American woman, I'd advise you to take that up with the Australian media.

[minus clover]

There's a lot of misogyny in this thread.

That's someone's daughter you people are talking about. Regardless of whether or not they'll ever read this, have a little class and show some respect for a human being that died because she was trying to conform to what "the system" wanted her to be.

i'm sorry, i was under the impression we were entitled to speak our opinions. my opinion is.... why the fuck do us aussies need to hear all about her life/death when most of us couldnt give a rats toss-bag about her anyway (no offence to my ratties).

and yes, she was someones daughter, but as she stated many many times in many many interviews, she wanted nothing to do with her mother, refused to speak to her, therefore, the ones we should be feeling sorry for are her mother and her daughter. she chose the lifestyle she lived, she allowed herself to be manipulated by the men around her (howard k stern being one of a long long list) and she chose to take drugs. obviously the word "no" meant nothing to her.

you can call me a misogynist all you want, but i am speaking from the position of being a mother, unlike you, and i have lost a child (however, it wasnt to drugs/booze); and surprisingly enough, i also have a mother... oh yeah, i have been manipulated by the men in my life but i didnt turn to drugs to deal with the pressure and i have never wanted to be something i'm not!!!!!

Nobody's questioning or restricting your right to express your opinion. I wasn't aware that a request for civility and decorum in the wake of somebody's death equated to the guys in black helicopters parachuting into your house to stop you from spewing hate speech.

If you don't like that Australia is being bombarded with the news of the death of an American woman, I'd advise you to take that up with the Australian media.

i wasnt aware that i was spewing hate speech... exactly where did i use the word "hate"? i dont "hate" anything except olives, cilantro/coriander, and the swine to whom i'm unfortunately still married... oh yeah, and his whore...

i was expressing my dislike of the fact that our media here is filled with american crap, whether it be tv programmes, broadcast & print news and the like. now i know little johnny loves being up dubya's butthole, but why do we have to be bombarded with all things american...

anna nicole smith has done nothing for society, she has spent her adult life getting away from her upbringing and trying to be someone she isnt. her son was an unfortunate victim of his mothers lifestyle, seeing her publicly sprawled across the media doing things that your average mother wouldnt dream of doing. and now her daughter is destined to be dragged from pillar to post while her paternity and custodial issues are sorted out. how can one feel sorry for the person who causes so much trouble for her kids?

and just so you know where i'm coming from... my youngest daughter was run over by my mother, and she died. now, does that make me hate my mother? no... we dont get along a lot of the time, but then we never have. do i resent the loss of my child? HELL YEAH!!! can i turn back the clock? no...

so thats enough from me, i see the helicopters hovering overhead and little masked me are on their way to get me....

[Fadingtoblack]

I'm not quite sure how this thread spiraled so out of control!
Surely there are some wires crossed somewhere.


I think everyone has expressed their condolences over Smith's death - which is first and foremost the proper thing to do. BUT the fact is that because this woman lived her life in the public eye, her life, and death are going to be open to conversation. And so far I don't recall reading anything too distasteful here, like for example the jokes that were spreading over the net five minutes after the fact.


The point that I think Minus Clover (and excuse me if I'm putting words in your mouth here!), myself and any others have been trying to make is our surprise and distaste at the huge coverage this woman's death is getting. Along with all these tributes and outpourings of grief in the media.


And why? I can't think of one positive thing (or example), she's contributed to the world. Her life has been scandal after abuse after scandal, and I think is a good example of being famous just for being famous, like our Paris Hilton's or Big Brother "Celebrities" today.


I think we all need to step back and realize what we're talking about here, a sad and shocking event to be sure, but hardly a tragedy requiring deep reflection and a minutes silence.

[minus clover]

^^ thankyou for so eloquently saying what i was trying to