-Caveat Lector-
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, "Samatha 'Smith'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>There is nothing inherently wrong in any of the "unsaintly" things you
>accuse Diana of doing/being.
Of course there isn't...
"Accuse" her of 'doing/being'? She herself described her 'typical day' as
doing those very things...
There is nothing inherently with being a mindless bimbo whose main concern
is having her hair and nails done, and going to the trendiest discos...
There IS something inherently wrong in trying to make out such a person to
be akin to Joan of Arc, or Hildegarde of Bingen...
>Dancing at discos can be great fun. Having hair and nails done ....
Do it (of have done) so myself...but I'm not trying to present myself to
the world as some sort of saint, either...
My problem with Diana Spencer is that was her PRIMARY focus, and NOT
humanitarian causes, as her fanatical devotees would like the rest of us
to believe...humanitarian causes were her way of gaining herself favorable
press and photo opportunities in her 'war' against the House of Windsor...
Again, SHE HERSELF described her 'typical day' as nothing more than
getting her hair and nails done, lunch at a trendy restaurant, nights at
trendy discos...
If she was SINCERE in her humanitarian concerns, instead of having her
hair and nails done every day, she'd have gotten herself into some office
of some charity, WITHOUT THE PRESS IN ATTENDANCE, and done some ACTUAL
WORK...
..like Princess Anne does...WITHOUT the fanfare...
Did you realize that Princess Anne is on the Board of Directors of Save
the Children U.K.? And that she often works there, and does a lot of work
for the agency on her own, yet she doesn't send out press releases to
assure that the media and photogs will be covering her every moment in
relation to her agency work? SHE is more concerned with the actual WORK
to be accomplished, and NOT with her image in the media...
>so what? Don't most women have those things done?
Not everyday, as their main occupation/preoccupation; Princess Anne
doesn't...
>There's nothing wrong with wealth or glamour or their enjoyment. This,
>to me, is living life to its fullest. I admire those traits.
Then you admire materialism and surface image over substance...
>One doesn't have to be plain and lead a dismal life, overhwhelmed by
>spirit-flogging hard work to be virtuous. One needn't be poor to be
virtuous.
No, but someone who doesn't do anything else but indulge herself day in
and day out should NOT then presume to present herself to the public as
the equivalent of Mother Theresa...
I wouldn't have a problem if Diana Spencer had been HONEST, and just
admitted that she was more concerned with how she looked, and going to
parties/discos/trendy restaurants...my problem was that in mounting her
public relations war with the House of Windsor (which, BTW, I am NOT
particularly a fan of), she decided she'd present an IMAGE of someone with
humanitarian concerns, which was only that...an image...
>I expected her to be a superficial, materialistc figurehead who spewed
>the Royal Party Line. She wasn't.
No, she was a superficial, materialistic figurehead who opposed the Royal
Party Line...
>She was sensitive and caring and human.
Sensitive to the IMAGE she presented to the public, and to which end she
PRETENDED to be caring, and interested in humanitarian causes...
>She was beautiful and enjoyed her beauty.
You fanatical devotees are really keen on that, aren't you? Thereby
proving the superficiality of the Diana cult, as superficial as she
herself was...
>IMHO that's what counts -- warmth and the absence of crippling envy.
And you think she DIDN'T envy the Windsors? ;-)
June
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