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I don't believe it's drugs. I suspect suicide.
Peaches Geldoff Dead
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Exactly
The fawning of dead celebrities who people never even meet gives me the boke
No doubt the news tonight will be of scenes of people outside her house laying flowers and consoling each other
Yes it's sad yes I feel sympathetic for her kids and I shall refrain from speaking my true thoughts until such time as cause of death is established but some people serious overdo the grief
There a million tragedies happening in the world every day. Abused children. Dying children. Starving children. Torture. Rape. Murders.
None of them provoke the same furore as a dead celebrity. Even if said celebrity kills themselves we are supposed to be deeply moved.
You know what I find insulting? How fake we all are. Totally fake. We post 'RIP' and claim to be upset. As soon as it stops making the headlines we've forgotten. We never really cared. But we like to pretend that we care. Because it's polite, I guess.
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This.
I'm not asking that you care, I'm asking that you have a bit of respect. If you don't care, fine, just follow Wheaton's law.
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Of course people are going to speculate until the facts are released. It is just what people do.
Soooo, this is awkward...but are you going to give Spektor any sort of warning for calling many people in this thread morons? Or is that ok?
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Footbal fans eh?
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Because Wayne Rooney hasn't just died? I agree the comments you've mentioned are silly though.
Whilst I generally agree that the death of a "celebrity" shouldn't carry any more weight than the death of any other human being I also don't think the death of someone who was a celebrity waives the need for a modicum of respect, in particular in the hours immediately after the death.
A little common decency and maturity isn't to tough a concept to understand surely? There will of course be "black humour" jokes the same as with most things that happen, but on a public forum supported by a business a couple of hours after someone dies is hardly the place nor the time.
Disappointing to see someones death used as an excuse to head off on the free speech thing to get a dig in at the mods. It's not a case of brown nosing the management, just more of a ffs have a day off from being obnoxious on the internet observation.
A little common decency and maturity isn't to tough a concept to understand surely? There will of course be "black humour" jokes the same as with most things that happen, but on a public forum supported by a business a couple of hours after someone dies is hardly the place nor the time.
Disappointing to see someones death used as an excuse to head off on the free speech thing to get a dig in at the mods. It's not a case of brown nosing the management, just more of a ffs have a day off from being obnoxious on the internet observation.
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Im pretty sure she was pretty publicly anti drugs as a result of her mum's death. If the police are saying its unexplained then id say it rules out anything like a heroin overdose.
Anything is speculation at the moment.
Anything is speculation at the moment.
I wasnt trying to be clever and get a reaction on a forum over a person who has just died.
Like you.
Your post was banal at most.
how fake you are, speak for yourself, and don't generalize me into your warped sense of undiscovered empathy.
you need to shut up and walk away old chap, you are achieving nothing here.
I do say RIP, and I am actually very upset about this, having watched the demise of her mother and now this, also the fact she posted a picture of her and her mum, only the other day.....
I cant even begin to imagine how Sir Bob it with all this,
Hate? From who? OK there was that one poster. I don't think there's been any hate directed at her. Most of us don't know her at all.
Myself, mostly I was curious about why we have a thread at all, and why it was inappropriate to make any kind of joke.
Also about the perceived need to post condolences that no one with any connection to the deceased will read. It's weird and I don't understand. Who does it benefit?
Why do we post things like 'RIP'? Why do people state obvious things like "it's sad for the children"? What are we accomplishing?
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