Earl
Club Champion
Is there any place i can go to, to get away from hearing or reading her name 
Jade Goody the real reality.
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madandra
Money List Winner
Earl, a dark room without windows,PC, a radio or TV should help avoid the topic of this 27 year old mothers death.
vig
Tour Winner
Can I say that I was/am sick of it being rammed down my throat for the last few months.
The media are parasites and will do anything to glorify whatever to make more sales but for me, the guiltiest of them all has to be Max (dickhead) Clifford. How much has he made on the back of this.
THe story kept banging on about making sure her kids were financially secure for the future. I think they probably were anyway. Their dad (real) is also a reality "star" so should be able to take care of them.
Clifford on the other hand has no conscience. Who next Max? Karen Matthews? COCK!!!!
The media are parasites and will do anything to glorify whatever to make more sales but for me, the guiltiest of them all has to be Max (dickhead) Clifford. How much has he made on the back of this.
THe story kept banging on about making sure her kids were financially secure for the future. I think they probably were anyway. Their dad (real) is also a reality "star" so should be able to take care of them.
Clifford on the other hand has no conscience. Who next Max? Karen Matthews? COCK!!!!
Earl
Club Champion
No the most guilty are all our fellow citizens who follow all this celebrity status rubbish which is driven by the media so they don't realise how sad their own lives are.
CarpeDiem
Challenge Tour Pro
To be honest she is just another person who had cancer, a stat. I'm not trying to be harsh but what has she provided for this country, was she naturally talented? The media has made the whole situation a lot worse than it is, in 2002 she was a receptionist in a dentist. One of my dads close friends was given 6 months to live and lasted just over 2, but was he on tv. Lots of people die every year from cancer. I think what this has shown us is how much we focus our lives around those on tv. I'm not sure if I have made my point clear?
Canfordhacker
Q-School Graduate
It's all a bit chicken and egg isn't it? Would the media write it if housewives across the country wouldn't buy it? I have a mate who works in publishing, and the stats about sales increases for a story like this are truly stunning. They have had plans regarding what they would do depending on which day she died on. Sounds awful when put like that, but at the end of the day people are prepared to buy just to read it.
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
I couldn't have put that any better if I tried.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
I think thre has been some good to come out of this with the raising of the profile of this, and indeed all, types of cancer and if it prompts more womrn (and men - testicular etc) to check themselves out then I guess for someone poorly educated and with a tough upbringing that isn't too bad a legacy along with two kids now well looked after financially.
One of the areas I look after at Royal Berkshire Hospital as a recruitment administrator is Berkshire Cancer Centre and they are always looking for staff. It must be one of the hardest areas to work in as the outcome often is only going to be bleak and even where cancer is beaten (or in remission) there must be a strain on the nurses to see patients struggling with this vicious disease day in and day out.
I lost my dad to cancer and can only speak in the highest terms of the work Macmillan nurses did to make his last few months better and to the staff at the hospice who made sure he was in as little pain as possible and who made sure I had enough time as he started to drift away to get to see him. I will always treasure those final few hours and I like to think even if he was unconscious that he could hear the voice of myself and my wife who he adored telling him how much we loved him
One of the areas I look after at Royal Berkshire Hospital as a recruitment administrator is Berkshire Cancer Centre and they are always looking for staff. It must be one of the hardest areas to work in as the outcome often is only going to be bleak and even where cancer is beaten (or in remission) there must be a strain on the nurses to see patients struggling with this vicious disease day in and day out.
I lost my dad to cancer and can only speak in the highest terms of the work Macmillan nurses did to make his last few months better and to the staff at the hospice who made sure he was in as little pain as possible and who made sure I had enough time as he started to drift away to get to see him. I will always treasure those final few hours and I like to think even if he was unconscious that he could hear the voice of myself and my wife who he adored telling him how much we loved him
rgs
Tour Rookie
Hopefully her death will raise the awareness of cancer, especially cervical cancer among young girls.
IMHO, young girls, mainly teenagers, were the main viewers of BB and Jade Goodys untimely death may show these young girls death can come to anyone at any age.
The requests for smear tests will rise leading to early detection.
May she rest in peace.
IMHO, young girls, mainly teenagers, were the main viewers of BB and Jade Goodys untimely death may show these young girls death can come to anyone at any age.
The requests for smear tests will rise leading to early detection.
May she rest in peace.
captgray
Club Champion
I am a church minister a church army captain working with children and young people. Yes there have been many unsavoury things written said etc about Jade, soldiers, other people who die.
It doesnt matter what we think it was a life and all life is precious and fragile no matter about celebrity, death is the great leveller.
Having last week to talk to a 3 and 5yr old about daddy going to heaven and not seeing him again and trying to do my best is not at times the best job in the world. So before all jump on band wagons lets remember that Jade had a mum dad an husband and 2 little boys. The media have made this what it is and lets remember that whatever we think life is precious.
Capt Gray
It doesnt matter what we think it was a life and all life is precious and fragile no matter about celebrity, death is the great leveller.
Having last week to talk to a 3 and 5yr old about daddy going to heaven and not seeing him again and trying to do my best is not at times the best job in the world. So before all jump on band wagons lets remember that Jade had a mum dad an husband and 2 little boys. The media have made this what it is and lets remember that whatever we think life is precious.
Capt Gray
stevek1969
Money List Winner
As much as she was a pain and over publicised i think she was trying to make as much money for her two kids as possible ,which any one would do, on the other hand Wendy Richards died of cancer and not much was publicised about that. I think front page news should be on the people out in Iraq and Afganishtan fighting to make the world a better place.
Herbie
Tour Winner
I for one hated JG from the moment she appeared on the TV, I never liked her chosen life manipulated by media, but I respect her enormously for her fight and behavior leading up to her death, a young mother and a brave girl at the end, yet still hounded by media and the max cliffords of this world, hes someone who knows exactly what hes doing, trouble is you will never know if he was actually fond of her?
Comparing her to soldiers is daft.From the dawn of time soldiers never get the recognision they deserve, but also the reality of soldiering in conflict is not everything the public get to see.Its a completely different kind of bravery when you carry on doing what you do under the risk of death as compared to knowing for certain you are going to die. Ive been in conflict and I would rather do that any day than deal with certain death in a few short weeks.
Shes gone, that should satisfy some, please a few and sadden many, but either way she was an incredibly brave young woman in my book.
Comparing her to soldiers is daft.From the dawn of time soldiers never get the recognision they deserve, but also the reality of soldiering in conflict is not everything the public get to see.Its a completely different kind of bravery when you carry on doing what you do under the risk of death as compared to knowing for certain you are going to die. Ive been in conflict and I would rather do that any day than deal with certain death in a few short weeks.
Shes gone, that should satisfy some, please a few and sadden many, but either way she was an incredibly brave young woman in my book.
Tommo21
Tour Winner
I think some of you are missing the initial point. A full non-stop 30 minutes reporting the passing away of JD and 8 seconds on four missing men on a fishing trip.
I for one don’t think JD warranted the coverage and I certainly think the poor guys who perished this weekend deserved more, much more.
I for one don’t think JD warranted the coverage and I certainly think the poor guys who perished this weekend deserved more, much more.
freddielong
Tour Winner
I never really liked Jade goody but think a young person dying is very sad
In my opinion the real villian in this piece is Max Clifford he keeps going on about Jades boys I bet his fee is'nt going to Jades boys future
In my opinion the real villian in this piece is Max Clifford he keeps going on about Jades boys I bet his fee is'nt going to Jades boys future
stevek1969
Money List Winner
I wasnt comparing her to soldiers , i was saying this country has lost the plot, we're fasinated by so called celebrity lifestyles , when guys are fighting in the crap holes of the world for poor pay conditions and get very little recognition trying to make a difference in the world.
CarpeDiem
Challenge Tour Pro
The Sun devoted 9 pages to her, she got less than half of that when she was mouthing of in Big Brother. Maybe 2 pages or 3 but 9 is just obscene.
Macster
Journeyman Pro
Whilst I'm very glad that she has perhaps brought a greater awareness to the problems of cervical cancer etc, it is perhaps that only good thing she has done, and I am glad that the Media will now divert their attention perhaps.
The cynic inside me thinks that her ongoing Media circus via Max Clifford was perhaps more a way of trying to provide for her children financially for the future, and I only hope that is the case and that her husband and the boys father dont know blow it all. Hopefully Max Clifford will have made sure that its protected for them, after his cut of course.
All that said, I lost my closest buddie to Cancer last year aged 45, and he left 2 boys, and whilst he didnt have a media to milk for £1M, he did have a helluva lot more dignity and humility.
The cynic inside me thinks that her ongoing Media circus via Max Clifford was perhaps more a way of trying to provide for her children financially for the future, and I only hope that is the case and that her husband and the boys father dont know blow it all. Hopefully Max Clifford will have made sure that its protected for them, after his cut of course.
All that said, I lost my closest buddie to Cancer last year aged 45, and he left 2 boys, and whilst he didnt have a media to milk for £1M, he did have a helluva lot more dignity and humility.
Parmo
Tour Winner
The thing that gets me about this whole sick series of events is Jade Goody's only thoughts where for making cash for her kids, fair play if you are like that, but when you look at Jane Tomlinson who sacrificed her short time with her family to raise money for cancer research and bring great awareness to cancer yet her husband has to now return to work to feed the family and pay the bills and she mainly made local headlines... This to me shows how sick our society is becoming, we had someone who gave all and someone who took all and we worship the one who took the cash.
I just feel the people who have made a real difference (not saying Jade didnt but I don't think it was meant in that way) are sold short and thats a sad thing.
I just feel the people who have made a real difference (not saying Jade didnt but I don't think it was meant in that way) are sold short and thats a sad thing.
vig
Tour Winner
This is wierd parmo, as we were talking about Jane Tomlinson at work this morning.
What she did to raise awareness while suffering with this awful decease is nothing short of miraculous and what did she/her family get out of it.
Zipp!!!
There is no justice in this world, unfortunately. I don't begrudge JG's kids their comfortable future, but Jane Tomlinson didn't succumb to Cliffords circus and therefore didn't coin in the rewards. I also can't help but think that in twelve months time Jade will still be mentioned whereas Jane will be forgotten.
What she did to raise awareness while suffering with this awful decease is nothing short of miraculous and what did she/her family get out of it.
Zipp!!!
There is no justice in this world, unfortunately. I don't begrudge JG's kids their comfortable future, but Jane Tomlinson didn't succumb to Cliffords circus and therefore didn't coin in the rewards. I also can't help but think that in twelve months time Jade will still be mentioned whereas Jane will be forgotten.
Herbie
Tour Winner
I dont know what the beef is about the publicity though I can understand the media field day mentality being annoying.
As far as missing the point is concerned, I think lots of people miss the point because they are too negative towards something so positive. I dont care how much publicity JG got and I dont care that people who go missing dont get as much press, nor do I care that because of this some soldiers dont get much of a look in. The thing is this young mother knew she only had a few short weeks or months to live, she could have sued the NHS but didn't, she could have cashed in in bigger ways than the public have witnessed but didn't, her plight raised awareness in the cancer field, she knew she wasn't going to be around for her children, just what would any of you do with that certain knowledge?
People who die suddenly, by accident or conflict take on board various degrees of risk in everything they do and have choices! This doesnt make their death any more pleasent but it is so far away from the knowledge of certain death within a time scale and having such a short time to do something with that time they have left, with NO choices, to change the outcome.
I would rather have seen arguments from Cancer sufferers in the same boat not getting the media attention they all richly deserve rather than complaints about the accidental death tally or the soldier death toll.
If the press covered every death by accident, stupidity, neglect, or every soldiers death in detailed account,, or every cancer death, the daily newspaper on your doorstep would weigh about 100kilo and the similar TV coverage would mean 24/7 news bullitins just listing the dead.
As far as missing the point is concerned, I think lots of people miss the point because they are too negative towards something so positive. I dont care how much publicity JG got and I dont care that people who go missing dont get as much press, nor do I care that because of this some soldiers dont get much of a look in. The thing is this young mother knew she only had a few short weeks or months to live, she could have sued the NHS but didn't, she could have cashed in in bigger ways than the public have witnessed but didn't, her plight raised awareness in the cancer field, she knew she wasn't going to be around for her children, just what would any of you do with that certain knowledge?
People who die suddenly, by accident or conflict take on board various degrees of risk in everything they do and have choices! This doesnt make their death any more pleasent but it is so far away from the knowledge of certain death within a time scale and having such a short time to do something with that time they have left, with NO choices, to change the outcome.
I would rather have seen arguments from Cancer sufferers in the same boat not getting the media attention they all richly deserve rather than complaints about the accidental death tally or the soldier death toll.
If the press covered every death by accident, stupidity, neglect, or every soldiers death in detailed account,, or every cancer death, the daily newspaper on your doorstep would weigh about 100kilo and the similar TV coverage would mean 24/7 news bullitins just listing the dead.
