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Peaches Geldof

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chrisd said:
I think that its absolutely outrageous that any mother of young children, especially one of 11 months, should be taking any, non prescribed illegal drugs, at any time and I have no sympathy whatsoever towards her for putting the lives of those children at risk for her own selfishness.

There, I've said it but I'll probably get told I'm wrong!
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I have to agree with you Chris. Too many people with cloudy assessments of this just because its a "celeb" imo.

Im not sure how anybody could look at their children in the morning and drop them off at school or whatever then go and take potentially lethal drugs.

Its just plain selfish.
 
Ethan said:
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If you feel her death shouldn't be commented upon, feel free not to do so.
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2 distinctly different opinions! One a 'subset' of the other.

If the report is true, I'm more concerned at how 'authorities' could state that the results were inconclusive!
 
Dont realy want to get into the wrongs and rights of the situation because i dont know enough about it.. so il just comment on the comments if thats allowed ..

But when you Choose to have kids you have to have a different outlook and responsibilities in life , you have to make changes and even sacrifices [sp] because once you decide to have them its up to you to do your best by them , taking your own life [IF that was the case] or having a lifestyle that may shorten or risk your life in any way has to be re-examined in the kids best interest

Ethan said:
Geldof lived her life in the public eye, willingly and by her own choice and she used her celebrity to raise issues she felt were important, so it is entirely appropriate that her death follows the same.

If she was a single mother in a sink estate who killed herself, people would be lining up to condemn her for her fecklessness and disregard for the kids and how she was a symptom of the failure of the welfare state etc etc. But she was a celeb, so that is different?

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Both points are very true and very well made

chrisd said:
I think that its absolutely outrageous that any mother of young children, especially one of 11 months, should be taking any, non prescribed illegal drugs, at any time and I have no sympathy whatsoever towards her for putting the lives of those children at risk for her own selfishness.

There, I've said it but I'll probably get told I'm wrong!
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Not by me anyhow
 
Any use of an illegal substance by anyone caring for a young family has to be seen as wrong. Whether this was a sad accident or deliberate act is immaterial as the sad reality is they are now bereft of a mother in their lives and will always have this spectre hanging over them no matter how hard Bob Geldof, Peaches' husband and others try to shield them. Whther she was trying to emulate her own mother or not is another question open to conjecture. Any which way you cut it, the thing is just a very tragic waste of a mother and young life
 
Ethan said:
Golf is certainly not an addiction.

Geldof lived her life in the public eye, willingly and by her own choice and she used her celebrity to raise issues she felt were important, so it is entirely appropriate that her death follows the same.

It is well known that celebrity suicides and deaths often cause copycat behaviour, so perhaps her death may deprive other children as well as her own. In any case, the picture of her as a caring mother is totally punctured now. If she was a single mother in a sink estate who killed herself, people would be lining up to condemn her for her fecklessness and disregard for the kids and how she was a symptom of the failure of the welfare state etc etc. But she was a celeb, so that is different?

If you feel her death shouldn't be commented upon, feel free not to do so.
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very good point and perspective
 
chrisd said:
I think that its absolutely outrageous that any mother of young children, especially one of 11 months, should be taking any, non prescribed illegal drugs, at any time and I have no sympathy whatsoever towards her for putting the lives of those children at risk for her own selfishness.

There, I've said it but I'll probably get told I'm wrong!
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Don't think you are wrong at all

Think that is spot on

Have no sympathy for her - her children have lost a mother through her own selfishness.
 
Absolutely that she would do this around her kids and put them in the same position that she was in having lost a mother to drugs. Absolute waste of a life and potentially she has gone on to ruin another three lives, being her husband and children.
 
Another martyr created for the drug culture just like Cobain and Winehouse before them !

The sooner these people wake up to their selfishness the better - within the circles these people get put up on pedestals as beacons of hard luck stories and "flawed geniuses" etc - they have no care for anyone else but themselves and don't think of the people who have to deal with the aftermath of their actions.

The media need to stop splashing their faces across the front pages and talking about how they turned to drugs to deal with the hardship of celebrity !
 
Liverpoolphil said:
they have no care for anyone else but themselves
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That sums up every drug addict!

It's those who run the obscene 'trade' that really need to be hit! And that's very tough to do!

In the words of Steppenwolf - another classic from Easy Rider - God Damn the Pusher Man!
 
Foxholer said:
That sums up every drug addict!

It's those who run the obscene 'trade' that really need to be hit! And that's very tough to do!

In the words of Steppenwolf - another classic from Easy Rider - God Damn the Pusher Man!
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Heard on the radio someone stating that they should make the drugs legal to ensure they are cleaner and controlled and let the government tax them ?!
 
Foxholer said:
That sums up every drug addict!

It's those who run the obscene 'trade' that really need to be hit! And that's very tough to do!

In the words of Steppenwolf - another classic from Easy Rider - God Damn the Pusher Man!
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It's the suppliers that need to be hit. Cut the source and all that. Sadly I'm not that disillusioned to accept that'll ever happen. The CoD comes as no great shock
 
Fish said:
I was just reading this and it sparked a bit of a discussion in the house, some said a 'troubled life' some say she had everything going for her, so why?

No factual explanation for the death explained yet but, is it wrong to assume its an overdose?
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It was always a given, IMO.
 
according to the news 68 bottles of methadone found 38 syringes and bags of 61% pure heroin(this is a trade name ) in the house,she had strap round her arm and syringe near her,strength of heroin( trade name) killed her due to lack of resistance.
she lied to her husband and her doctors about not taking drugs any more,once a scummy bag head always a bag head,selfish woman whos kids will suffer.
 
I would suggest that, rather like alcoholism, nobody would choose to become an addict with all that it does to the individual's life.

In the same way that not every one who takes a drink becomes dependent so not every person who experiments with drugs progresses to addiction.

Should we all be so judgemental or should we, perhaps, say "there but for the grace of God".
 
I dont particularly like these types of threads. If nothing else she was a daughter and mother. Her family must be devastated.
 
6inchcup said:
you dont like much!!! yes she was a daughter and a mother to young baby's and in a selfish act deprived them of her love.
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Eh? I don't like much? What on earth are you on about?

It she was in the grip of an addiction I don't think it was particularly selfish. She needed help not condemnation IMO.
 
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