Why Should I Care About Jade Goody?

[DLFlux]

Ok, first thing I'm going to say is, I wouldn't wish cancer or any disease on another human, but it just annoys me how we are supposed to show sympathy for someone half the nation hated last year.

My Grandfather died of cancer 7years ago, do any of you care? No. Didn't think so. I'm not saying that as anything negative, I completely understand. There are people all over my town, let alone my country or the wrold dieing of the same thing which doesn't effect me.

Now, I'm not disagreeing with the support Jade is getting, I'd have loved that for grandad, but it's just something about celebs that annoys me. Now, if you look at Kylie, then look at Jade, there's a huge difference.

I would never wish cancer upon anyone, but did Jade give a hoot about my grandfather? No, she didn't. Cancer will effect most people, whether it be them or people close to a victim.

All I can say is support cancer research, this isn't an appeal. Appeals usually come from people who have been effected by something or the government. Do something good of your own will, not because I told you too or the nation did. This isn't an appeal. Will I care if you don't? No.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Apolyonn]

I agree with you entirely. Celebrities gain far more attention than they should. If it makes you feel any better, I have no idea who this Jade person is anyways, so I'm kind of indifferent to the matter; not that I don't care, but I'm not in a state of mourning over her, either. Similarly to how I felt about the Kaleigh Anthony case. It's a radically different story, but another example of how the media blows one story way out of proportion, when worse things like that happen daily and nobody seems to care.

This is why I keep away from pop culture. I can't even talk with my co-workers sometimes because I'm so out of the loop. And they go on and on about it as if anything is really important. Who cares is Britney shaved her head, or if Angelina and Brad adopted another kid? Something within me cannot fuel that by giving it my attention.

All I can say is support cancer research, this isn't an appeal. Appeals usually come from people who have been effected by something or the government. Do something good of your own will, not because I told you too or the nation did. This isn't an appeal. Will I care if you don't? No.

I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to say...

 

[Franice]

Somebody, especially somebody that young, with a terminal disease deserves a little bit of respect. That doesn't mean liking her, but respecting the fact that she's human with all of our feelings and frailties going through an agony that most of us have been affected by but cannot even begin to imagine actually going through ourselves. The ability to sympathize is not a bad thing.

As a celebrity, she has the ability to draw attention to cancer research and drive up funding, which is certainly an asset. As much as I'd like to think it, people don't sit around thinking, "Oh, I have an extra $100 this week, I think I'll skip the case of beer and pizza and donate it instead," and if it weren't for the constant hounding, most charities would be much worse off than they already are.

 

[Davey Gaga]

I think that the media have proven that they have no moral backbone whatsoever.

They've spent the past several years criticising Jade for being as thick as shite, for being a racist on Big Brother, for living off of media attention...and, all of a sudden, she has cancer, and it's all nicey-nice for Jade Goody. Ohh, she's such a good person. Ohh, poor Jade only has months to live. Ohh, Jade will be leaving her kids behind. Ohh, Jade's getting married, how lovely.

Fuck off, there're millions of people who've died and left worse situations than she has, she was despised up until that "shock announcement in the Big Brother house"...sure, feel free to feel some compassion for a cancer victim but don't bury your principles so far into the ground. <_<

I can't place my finger on it, it's such an annoyance...why the big turn around in views on Jade and why is her cancer more important than anyone else's?

She's getting as much attention as Diana did. <_<

 

[Donald Trump]

Somebody, especially somebody that young, with a terminal disease deserves a little bit of respect. That doesn't mean liking her, but respecting the fact that she's human with all of our feelings and frailties going through an agony that most of us have been affected by but cannot even begin to imagine actually going through ourselves. The ability to sympathize is not a bad thing.

I don't think she should get respect for drawing a short straw. I can feel a little sorry for her, but at the same time I think that she, like Riku pointed out is a bigot and deserves to die.

Just because she is a celebrity, we should all feel sorry for her? I don't think so. I don't see the fact that she is more well known than DLFlux's grandfather should result in people carrying. It's not as if she was talented, at least Bob Monkhouse's image is being used to raise prostate cancer awareness.

 

[Bambi]

I agree with both Placebo and Ifrit, why should I care? She may be rasing awareness of the disease sure, but she's selling her story left right and centre so she can make money, sure she wants to provide for her kids when she's dead, but isn't she rich enough? what about the poor people with cxancer right now that have Jade Goody making all this money for HERSELF, having her rammed down their throats every 5 minutes. Her stoies seem to be all about her, I don't see her trying to use her 'fame' to help other people with the disease or knowingly trying to raise awareness for it. OLOLOLOL LOOKIT ME I JUST MARRIED, IMA ONLY DOING IT TO SELL MAI STORY AND MAKE MOAR MONIES

My best friend when I was little had lukemia, did joe public give a shit? No. So why should I give a toss about Jade Goody? Just becaus eshe has cancer doesn't mean I have to suddenly change my opinion on her. It's a shame she has cancer. That's as far as it goes. I don't like her, never have, she's a pig headed idiot.

Im aware how heartless and nasty that sounds, but at least Im not being a hypocrite

 

[Big Casino]

I don't think she should get respect for drawing a short straw. I can feel a little sorry for her, but at the same time I think that she, like Riku pointed out is a bigot and deserves to die.

Just because she is a celebrity, we should all feel sorry for her? I don't think so. I don't see the fact that she is more well known than DLFlux's grandfather should result in people carrying. It's not as if she was talented, at least Bob Monkhouse's image is being used to raise prostate cancer awareness.

Fair enough, yea shes a bigot and one of massive proportions, that doesnt mean she deserves to die. Theres worse people than her.
I do feel sorry for her to some small degree. My mum has recently gotten over cancer, she only finished radio therapy a couple of months ago, that was after weeks and weeks of chemotherapy. After seeing what it did to her i wouldnt wish that on anyone.
Its her kids i feel for, theyr now gonna be left without a mother and that guy shes marrying, (cant remember his name) hes already rubbing his hands in delight at the money hes gonna have coming in once she pops.

Simply put, she was a nasty foul mouthed woman who needed a good slap but dieing at the age of 27 is something she doesnt deserve.

 

[Prince Oberyn Martel]

Jade Goody can fuck off and die. I'm only feeling sympathetic for the children, that they have to grow up without their mother who was a stupid reality tv whore. "Thinking of my children's future" Fuck off no your not, it's attention seeking. I don't want your sobbing pig face on my telly, I don't want your fucking wedding to some idiot on my telly, Plus im getting sick of the sight of Max Clifford the swine on my telly. Your supposedly dying of cancer, give yourself some fucking dignitey woman and die in peace.....off of my telly.

 

[Misty]

Noone's asking you to care, if you don't like her, ignore what the media has to say about her (thought it might be hard at this present time). Unlike some people here, it doesn't matter who it is in the paper, what kind of fuck ups they make, well, there's some people I hold no tolerance of whatsoever, I kinda give a damn about everybody. I feel pity for a lot of people, and anyone going through any form of cancer, regardless of whoever has it, kinda gets to me the most because cancer has been through my family.

Her stoies seem to be all about her, I don't see her trying to use her 'fame' to help other people with the disease or knowingly trying to raise awareness for it.

Really? It's been on the news quite a lot that recently, cervical cancer tests are rising a fair bit because of this exposure, and people are trying to get the age lowered for women to start having cervical tests from. Here it's 25 upwards, but in other places it's 20 upwards. I think most people in England want them lowered to 20, but there are no plans to do so.

People make mistakes, she's silly for what's she done, and to me all I can see now is a woman using her status to provide a safe future for her kids by having as much money as possible put into a trust fund. I'd probably do the same thing.

 

[Bambi]

All Im saying is, I dont like her, I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone, but I dont know her, nor care about her, so why should I give a shit about her? It might be getting more exposure because she HAS cancer, but not because she's actually trying to raise awareness for it herself. I already acknowledged that her condition IS raising awareness of the disease, but Im just sicvk of her being everywhere I turn, yes it's a shame, but she's not the only person with cancer

We have all been touched by cancer in some way or other

 

[Scrutator]

We all know to an extent about how much some people obsess over the celeb world and how far the press in the past have gone for a story, they get more sales from this and she gets money for it for her kids when she dies. I don't particulary agree with some of this myself and I'm not fond of her as a person either but I'm not going to damn her for doing this, this is pretty much all she knows and it is doing some good in raising awareness and it helps her children.

It's been said already but there is nothing in the news that says that you actually have to care at all, if you don't like to read about her then just don't. It's not exactly difficult to do.

 

[Demaris]

On the one hand I feel pretty bad for her. I lost my best friend to Cancer 4 years ago, and I really wish no one had to go through it. I just feel that her children are never going to be able to escape their mother's death. Would anyone be able to cope with seeing their mother's Cancer documented? I know I couldn't. I just hope this isn't going to be a Diana situation all over again where the media cannot let it lie.

 

[M1ghty Mous3]

Yes she's a person. Yes cancer is a sad thing. But she isn't the only one going through it. Media is all about the whose popular at the time. My grandpa died 3 years a go due to 3 out of his 4 main arteries in his neck wee 90% clogged. Who cared? Only family.

So why should i give two rats asses if some famous lady has cancer? I don't, and quiet frankly, i could care less. She could donate some money that she's earned over the weeks to research and such. But no. It's for my kids' future. Not saying they aren't important. But the yaren't the only ones that matter. Hoarding all the money for yourself makes her less of a human then she already is apparently.

 

[Scrutator]

Again there is nothing that says that you have to give two shits, absolutely fucking nothing at all. Anyone who buys a paper with the story on the front cover or see it on the web have the right and ability to ignore said stories, it's not one of lifes requirements to actually read them and care so don't act like it's been flung in your face with no option to ignore it because you do. This sells papers as well as other mostly meaningless stories on various other celebs and stuff which has always been the case, there are a lot of people who would read stuff about this. This wouldn't be reported if it wasn't the case.

Now these sort of stories are on the front cover most days of the week but I read just the parts that I want like the sport and I continue to do so, but maybe I'm just alone in being able to actually not let this sort of shit affect me and my life.

Saying things like she's being greedy raising this money for her kids and everything is so bloody single-minded it's borderline retarded. Yes it would be nice to use some of her fortune for charities and stuff but if I was in her place I would want more than anything to have my family taken care of, especially if they're as young as her children are.

Now lastly most people here have said about various members of their family have died from cancer and everything which I do feel sympathy for, but I don't accept her death receiving more publicity as a genuine reason to hate on her. Do you really want a death in your family reported worldwide in the news cause I sure as hell wouldn't. Things like these should only be of concern to people who care, not the entire nation.

This is the one reason I don't particulary agree with with this news coverage but as I've said before this is the only thing Jade really knows and I can't really condemn her for this since I'll probably never be in the sort of position that she's in to do that. But saying that it's not something that I can either help or prevent so I don't let it bother me which you should do too if it's somehow that much of an issue for you.