Why all this sympathy ?

[H block]

I cannot understand why we have all this sympathy for famous people who come unstuck and either injure or kill themselves doing mindblowingly stupid stunts.

Firstly we have a man who jumps on the backs of crocadiles and go`s within a metre of one with his new born baby in his arms.He antagonises every creature he comes into contact with and then people seem surprised when one of these creatures hits out and he comes a crocker.

Then I hear on the radio people ringing in saying how unfortunate and unlucky Richard Hammond was to crash his vehicle whilst driving it at nearly 3 hundred miles an hour.

What a shock ''

 

[Easy 10]

I think the sympathy is because a generally likeable bloke who was doing something he loves has ended up in hospital with brain damage, fighting for his life. Quite easy to say "well, its his own fault", but I still genuinely hope he pulls through as he has brightened up many dull Sunday evenings for me on that show.
And he has a young family.

 

[seagully]

I think the sympathy is because a generally likeable bloke who was doing something he loves has ended up in hospital with brain damage, fighting for his life. Quite easy to say "well, its his own fault", but I still genuinely hope he pulls through as he has brightened up many dull Sunday evenings for me on that show.
And he has a young family.

Couldn't have put it better myself. I do think that in this country we have a habit of mass grief and mourning (Diana's funeral for example) possibly because we find it difficult as a nation to express personal grief.

 

[H block]

I think the sympathy is because a generally likeable bloke who was doing something he loves has ended up in hospital with brain damage, fighting for his life. Quite easy to say "well, its his own fault", but I still genuinely hope he pulls through as he has brightened up many dull Sunday evenings for me on that show.
And he has a young family.

I hope he pulls thru as well.I`m not talking about wanting these things to happen but the amount of `shock horror ` I hear from people on 5 live and the tv.

 

[Easy 10]

I hope he pulls thru as well.I`m not talking about wanting these things to happen but the amount of `shock horror ` I hear from people on 5 live and the tv.

Well, I guess many of them at the BBC probably know Hammond quite well. And personally, I was shocked when I heard the news because...I dunno, I just like him. I'm not going to walk around wearing a black armband for a month if he doesn't make it, but I'd be genuinely saddened.

 

[SeagullJay]

I cannot understand why we have all this sympathy for famous people who come unstuck and either injure or kill themselves doing mindblowingly stupid stunts.

Firstly we have a man who jumps on the backs of crocadiles and go`s within a metre of one with his new born baby in his arms.He antagonises every creature he comes into contact with and then people seem surprised when one of these creatures hits out and he comes a crocker.

Then I hear on the radio people ringing in saying how unfortunate and unlucky Richard Hammond was to crash his vehicle whilst driving it at nearly 3 hundred miles an hour.

What a shock ''

fair point
totally agree

 

[Peteinblack]

Pity it didn't happen instead to that moronic immature buffoon Clarkson!

 

[bhanutz]

Pity it didn't happen instead to that moronic immature buffoon Clarkson!

how the f*** can you wish that upon anyone?

Beats me!

 

[Redhead]

Pity it didn't happen instead to that moronic immature buffoon Clarkson!

Classy

 

[Peteinblack]

B]how the f*** can you wish that upon anyone?[/B]


Easily, if they're twats.[

 

[bhanutz]

Easily, if they're twats.

Shows what sort of person you are then!

 

[Easy 10]

Easily, if they're twats.

And why does Clarkson deserve to be laid up in hospital fighting for his life with possibly permanent brain damage ?

 

[Peteinblack]

Because he's a moronic immature buffoon !

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

Because he's a moronic immature buffoon !

aint it about time YOU had a fuckin car crash then

 

[Robbie G]

Because he's a moronic immature buffoon !

Perhaps so (your opinion of course), but have you no shame to wish potential death upon others?

 

[NMH]

Couldn't have put it better myself. I do think that in this country we have a habit of mass grief and mourning (Diana's funeral for example) possibly because we find it difficult as a nation to express personal grief.

Can you really define any person's expression of attachment or grief "as a nation"?
I may be defined on my passport as a British subject and all that, but as an 'emotional conformist' too..... I don't bloody think so!
You probably believe everything that 9 out of 10 doctors say about this and that product on telly, but the media don't control emotions other than to let us know about a particular person's plight.
I could hear about a complete stranger having an unlucky time, or a personal disaster and feel sorry for them. I won't be running to the wailing wall to flagellate myself and cover my head in sack-cloth, but I can feel sympathetic because I'm not a robot.

On the other hand, one can temper their sympathy according to certain circumstances, granted. I once saw a case on telly in Los Angeles where a bloke drove to a local freeway overpass to commit suicide. He doused the cab of his van with petrol and set it alight, but couldn't take the heat so jumped out and left his dog to burn. He then proceeded to pull out a gun and blow his own brains out.
I won't care what his circumstances are after murdering his dog by burning it alive, he lost all sympathy or interest in his situation right there.

 

[H block]

Can you really define any person's expression of attachment or grief "as a nation"?
I may be defined on my passport as a British subject and all that, but as an 'emotional conformist' too..... I don't bloody think so!
You probably believe everything that 9 out of 10 doctors say about this and that product on telly, but the media don't control emotions other than to let us know about a particular person's plight.
I could hear about a complete stranger having an unlucky time, or a personal disaster and feel sorry for them. I won't be running to the wailing wall to flagellate myself and cover my head in sack-cloth, but I can feel sympathetic because I'm not a robot.

On the other hand, one can temper their sympathy according to certain circumstances, granted. I once saw a case on telly in Los Angeles where a bloke drove to a local freeway overpass to commit suicide. He doused the cab of his van with petrol and set it alight, but couldn't take the heat so jumped out and left his dog to burn. He then proceeded to pull out a gun and blow his own brains out.
I won't care what his circumstances are after murdering his dog by burning it alive, he lost all sympathy or interest in his situation right there.

What breed of dog was it ?

Not a hot dog was it ?

 

[H block]

And why does Clarkson deserve to be laid up in hospital fighting for his life with possibly permanent brain damage ?

On holiday a few years back, I took part in a quiz and managed to reach the
>final only to lose out after what I consider to this day, to be a correct
>answer. The question asked 'What 'C' would you associate Jeremy Clarkson
>with?' to which I confidently replied '****'. Not only was I told the
>answer was incorrect, but I was asked by the holiday rep to leave the
>premises immediately! Has anyone else experienced such appalling treatment
>whilst holidaying with one's family?

 

[Safeway]

On holiday a few years back, I took part in a quiz and managed to reach the
>final only to lose out after what I consider to this day, to be a correct
>answer. The question asked 'What 'C' would you associate Jeremy Clarkson
>with?' to which I confidently replied '****'. Not only was I told the
>answer was incorrect, but I was asked by the holiday rep to leave the
>premises immediately! Has anyone else experienced such appalling treatment
>whilst holidaying with one's family?

As chuckle-worthy as that little anecdote may be, it doesn't excuse you actually wishing a very nast accident on someone.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

You obviously haven't seen the programme of Clarkson covering the Victoria Cross. He came across as a very different bloke, with a great sense of humility and passionate about the subject.


I think (Peteinblack) this all boils down to jealousy. He is witty, well paid, well liked by many and highly successful. Is this really a crime to worthy of a death wish?