Stop ass-kissing Michelson
umo
bleeding heart paeans to the trials and tribulations of Phil
Michelson? Phil's courage and perseverance is irrelevant. It is not
about Phil Michelson. Phil is playing a gattdam game of golf. Phil is
not the one who has cancer. Phil is not the one getting surgically
butchered. Phil is not the one getting his innards burnt by radiation
treatments. Phil is not the one getting poisoned by chemotherapy. It
is not about Phil. His wife has to endure the agony of cancer. Phil is
playing golf at Bethpage Black. Phil is not the victim. The media has
got to stop portraying him as the valiant hero. It is not about Phil
Michelson.
Frank Ketchum
"umo" <sho...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> When will the sports media cease & desist with the false empathy and
> bleeding heart paeans to the trials and tribulations of Phil
> Michelson?
Probably about the same time you compose something well thought out,
correctly spelled and worth reading.
Lone Golfer
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The Hammer
Great post.
There are hundreds of thousands of people in the hospital right now,
suffering beyond belief. Does the media ever go into the hospitals
and tell us these stories repeatedly, like we have heard about Amy.
Seems when a celebrity or the family of a celebrity gets sick, we get
all teary eyed and empathetic. But what they forget, is that they are
just one of thousands.
And while we certainly empathasize with anyone who is sick, we whould
not forget that at least Phil has the financial resources to get the
best care, in fact Cadillac care. How many people in the same
sitiuation will get this level of care, very few. And if Amy needs
it, she will get round the clock nurses, most lilkely a private room,
and I bet you she does not eat the same slop that a lot of hospitals
are notorious for. Because she is a celebrity, her doctor will
probably give her extra attenion, as compared to a similar person next
door, who is poor, destitute, and without insurance. So while we
feel terrible about Amy and certainly wish her a speedy recovery , we
should realize that she has a better chance than many in her postion,
We hear nothing about that. Poor poor Phil, poor poor Amy. What
about poor , poor Joe in Houston, or poor, poor Frank in Atlanta, or
poor poor Festus in Tennesee, or poor poor Sally in LA. Their plight
goes unnoticed. Many people die in pain and die alone. We never hear
these stories, because most people are not famous. Somehow, when a
celebrity gets sick, it becomes a national obsession. And folks spend
hours on the internet and TV keeping up on the non-stop updates.
Maybe these same folks should take a few hours instead and go to a
local hospital and bring a gift to some lonely patient, or just sit
down with them and talk, sometimes talking and companionship does more
than all the money in the world. Celebrities are not the only ones
who get sick and die, you would not know that the way the media and
the sheep that are glued to the media obsess about them.
Lloyd Parsons
<4601d493-d5e5-4046...@f16g2000vbf.googlegroups.com>,
The Hammer <GaGolf...@yahoo.com> wrote:
The media obsesses about everything these days. It takes lots of talk
and video to fill 24/7 time you know.
The good part that comes out of this sometimes, is that issues that are
real but are not getting attention sometimes benefit when some celeb
suffers from it.
So after all the public tears and teeth gnashing, maybe some more
research will happen and we end up with a cure so that all those
nobodies will benefit.
The Hammer
> In article
> <4601d493-d5e5-4046-b73f-cdbed0dd5...@f16g2000vbf.googlegroups.com>,
>
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What a sad commentary about the society we live in.
So it is only after we hear about the suffering of celebrities that
attention is sometimes drawn to the sickness and suffering of
"nobodies". We should do research and find cures because it is the
right thing to do, not because of the public suffering of some well
known person. You are probably right in the point you make, but very
sad.
Lloyd Parsons
<6ac8c919-596e-4ee7...@g6g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>,
The Hammer <GaGolf...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The good part that comes out of this sometimes, is that issues that are
> > real but are not getting attention sometimes benefit when some celeb
> > suffers from it.
> >
> > So after all the public tears and teeth gnashing, maybe some more
> > research will happen and we end up with a cure so that all those
> > nobodies will benefit.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> What a sad commentary about the society we live in.
>
> So it is only after we hear about the suffering of celebrities that
> attention is sometimes drawn to the sickness and suffering of
> "nobodies". We should do research and find cures because it is the
> right thing to do, not because of the public suffering of some well
> known person. You are probably right in the point you make, but very
> sad.
It isn't so much a sad commentary as it is a reality of life. There is
only so many resources to go around and if you try to cure everything
all at once, you most likely end up curing nothing.
So the celeb gets breast cancer or whatever disease, and for a time more
resources get shoved towards a cure for that. hopefully it is found and
then we can allocate those resources to another issue.
But first we have to get the attention out there so enough people care.
And a local story about a person with no fame doesn't get that attention.
Only in a utopian society could we see it happen differently.
So it is only sad because oft times, life is sad. But we do get the
cures and fixes eventually which is a good thing.
We see it on a smaller scale all over the place. Some local politico or
whatever, sponsors some charity do. Those that participate in the
scramble or charity ball, get to have a good time and feel better about
themselves 'cause they're helping with a problem. And somebody else you
never heard of, gets the benefit of the dollars or attention that were
raised.
Notice these things are never sponsored by a nobody? :)
Annika1980
> Poor poor Phil, poor poor Amy. What
> about poor , poor Joe in Houston, or poor, poor Frank in Atlanta, or
> poor poor Festus in Tennesee, or poor poor Sally in LA. Their plight
> goes unnoticed.
I talked to Festus the other day and he's doing a lot better since
he's been into the corn liquor.
Do you know any other alternative treatments that you can recommend?
I know you've mentioned a few before, but I can't remember what thread
it was in.
Howard Brazee
<lloydp...@mac.com> wrote:
>The media obsesses about everything these days. It takes lots of talk
>and video to fill 24/7 time you know.
And there is an audience for everything obsessive. We (collectively)
get the media we ask for. The people who complain are customers
too, so the media win there too.
--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
- James Madison