David Cameron's son dies

Very sad and even theough the Camerons' knew that Cerebral Palsy can mean a short life expectancy this will still be a huge shock to them.

One of the things I admire about David Cameron is balancing family life and looking after a disabled child with a career in front line politics.

It was quite a break from the normal PMQs today when the Prime Minister, William Hague and Vince Cable paid their tributes and after a short speech from the Speaker,the session ended as a mark of respect.
 
KNiVES said:
These particular individuals are in the public eye. The thousands who die every day are not. There's a pretty significant difference.
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But it would make me feel a little odd feeling sorry for someone I don't really, honestly, care about and write on a forum about it to not give a cowdung about the rest.

It's a bit insensitive.

It the principle really, I did not post when my family members died because I think it's a bit stupid to go on a forum and expect people to care, or want to know.

The only people I would feel bad for on here are forum members, because you get to converse with some of them.
 
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Sad news

starfighter said:
Owch, I feel sorry for Cameron and his family. Losing a child must be very very upsetting. But perhaps this will remind him how important the NHS is and not to sell it if he comes to power. not that his family probably use it anyway...
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You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about do you?
 
KNiVES said:
These particular individuals are in the public eye. The thousands who die every day are not. There's a pretty significant difference.
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It's a bit more complicated than that though.

They live their lives in the public eye so we hear about every little detail, I accept that's how the world and the media works.

However that doesn't mean that I feel any more for them when they lose a child then when anyone else does. There's nothing callous about that either, after all if you mourned for every child's death you wouldn't have time to do much else.

It's the excessive drama the media bleed out of the story that gets me, the empty platitudes, the talk of how a nations prayers are with them (or how a nation is in mourning when a royal dies)
 
Grouch said:
It's a bit more complicated than that though.

They live their lives in the public eye so we hear about every little detail, I accept that's how the world and the media works.

However that doesn't mean that I feel any more for them when they lose a child then when anyone else does. There's nothing callous about that either, after all if you mourned for every child's death you wouldn't have time to do much else.

It's the excessive drama the media bleed out of the story that gets me, the empty platitudes, the talk of how a nations prayers are with them (or how a nation is in mourning when a royal dies)
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I'm sorry but anyone who you have some knowledge of, you can empathise with, it's just a case of to what degree.

It's impossible to empathise with someone you have no knowledge of at all, but David Cameron is well known, his private life and family have been in the public domain for a number of years.

Yes media exploitation happens at times, this is big news and it will probably be milked. But I think you just like the idea of media exploitation more than it actually happens. The "I'm not going to be caught out, because I'm cleverer than that" mentality.

The funny thing is that the comments in this thread were mainly based on the BBC website article, not some hyped up tabloid morn fest. Do you really think people so far have been whipped up into a media hysteria.....come on man.

The reason people feel for David Cameron is because they put themselves in his shoes and empathise, nothing more.
 
I have a severely disabled 5yr old daughter, part of her condition is severe epilepsy (along with being unable to walk, talk and having breathing difficulties amongst other things).
We live every day with her making them special because we never know when it will be her last. When something like this happens it brings her condition into sharp focus for us and remind us just how fragile life is.

Ivan - Rest In Peace, safe in the knowledge you had a life filled with love.
 
Fascinating to see the number of politicians shedding crocodile tears over this. I bet half of them don't give a **** about Cameron and his family.
 
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