Michael Jackson's death initiated a mass delusion of eerie similarity. It felt very sinister that a day prior to his death it was the usual "Wacko Jacko" headlines and a day after everyone was mourning his death and glorifying him as if he was a saint.
He was a very disturbed man who had become a demigod over night. Disgusting to say the least.
I remember the week (and month) following Princess Diana's death very clearly. I'm a Canadian, but it seemed like everyone was going insane. I wondered at the time if someone had spiked the water supply and that I was the only one who had not taken a draught to drink. Because I didn't really care - I didn't know the woman at all.
To I, Hitchens' death will be a far far greater loss than that of Diana's, and one in which a far far greater breadth of wisdom and knowledge than that of Diana's, has been the sad victim of this horrible disease.
Hitchens will be missed. He was one of the few public figures prepared to say these things, and he was able to say them so well. Bullshitters everywhere will breathe a sigh of relief now that he's dead. RIP.
Even now when I look back at all the hysteria that surrounded her death I still want to puke. The way we were all told what we should be feeling was disgusting. It was like a dictator had died and we were all told we HAD to mourn.....hysterically.
I remember the day she died and that i thought: So what!
Diana was a golddigger and probably a bit of a narcisist. With that much media attention Diana could have devoted her pampered life to a good cause, but she was more into hats and fucking around.
The royal family is of course a relic of the past and should be dispensed with.
What a pack of cynical bastards - let's not forget that sarcasm is not only the lowest form of wit but also the cancer of the modern age. I think the biggest knee-jerk reaction was actually one of immense guilt despite the manipulation of the media or even some of the often regrettable manipulation of Diana herself (still absolutely love her though), we should respect the insecurity of her youth & lack of adequate support provided in such a hugely important role later & also what she achieved.
I was jealous of my mates, who, on the day of the funeral went screaming across the NY Moors on motorbikes - place was deserted. 150mph on empty roads with no fear of being caught. Awesome.
I have no clear recollection of where I was when I first heard of Diana's death. I do have a clear recollection of sitting in my history class the next day and being told by my teacher that we would "all remember it, forever." And I did say to her: "I don't think so. This isn't really that important, now is it?" It was inseisitve and rude, but I still don't regret it.
What was even more gruesomely pathetic was her brother Charles Spencer setting up the family mansion as a "shrine" to her. I wonder how many idiots came and paid for the "privilege" to walk around and see the island she's buried on. That was the height of tackiness and bad taste.
Here we go again. Britain descending into idiocy and a sickening vicariousness over a Royal Wedding. No doubt the usual Windsor fetishists will lap it up and the media will be a willing megaphone for these cultists. When history repeats itself, the first is a tragedy. The second time is a farce. To the Republic Now!
I was out of the country, and from a distance it looked like the UK went insane. It was ten days before I got home and thankfully most of the insanity had drained away by then.
One of the best days of my childhood was when my Dad agreed to take me (11) and my brother (9) to Chesington World of Adventures on the day of Diana's funeral. For some reason the admission price was lower than normal and the place was virtually abandoned. Didn't have to queue for anything. It was amazing!!!
This was "Diana hysteria". On hindsight many sensible and rational people now see things in a different light. Diana Spencer was extremely manipulative. Had carried on a series of affairs during her marriage and had conspired with the gutter media and journalists to attempt to destabalize the British establishment. Non of these things amounted to anything significant in the history of the UK or its monarchy which is extremely resilient.
What people in our country (UK) do not realise is that we only see the ridiclous from the USA. No one (not the masses anyway) wants to hear Chomsky or Krauss. They want to see an American get the no. of sides of a triangle wrong.
We know more about Americans than they know about us dutheir greater exportation of media. I would say British people are arguably not that more intelligent than Americans, if at all.
@vikramkrishnan as an englishman living in Guam (with mainly americans there) I was at a speech given the day after she died, with many americans 'grieving'. So it wasn't exclusively the british who went demented over her death.
I was around the same age as you were when she died. The same hysteria was even fervent here in America. They canceled cartoons to show the funeral and I was pissed!
Fabio Piras, a Sardinian tourist, was given a one week prison sentence for having taken a teddy bear that a member of the public had put down among the flowers at St James's Palace as a tribute to Diana (this was later reduced to a £100 fine, a reduction that led to him being punched in the face by a member of the public when he left the court.)
wikipedia on "Death of Diana, Princess of Wales" - a good example for self-righteous pogrom-mood easily induced in credulous masses
Michael Jackson's death initiated a mass delusion of eerie similarity. It felt very sinister that a day prior to his death it was the usual "Wacko Jacko" headlines and a day after everyone was mourning his death and glorifying him as if he was a saint.
He was a very disturbed man who had become a demigod over night. Disgusting to say the least.
MrOceanPenguin 3 weeks ago
I remember the week (and month) following Princess Diana's death very clearly. I'm a Canadian, but it seemed like everyone was going insane. I wondered at the time if someone had spiked the water supply and that I was the only one who had not taken a draught to drink. Because I didn't really care - I didn't know the woman at all.
TheBob1901 1 month ago
Which channel was this broadcast on?
dpayO2 1 month ago
To I, Hitchens' death will be a far far greater loss than that of Diana's, and one in which a far far greater breadth of wisdom and knowledge than that of Diana's, has been the sad victim of this horrible disease.
cooperjc8 2 months ago
Hitchens will be missed. He was one of the few public figures prepared to say these things, and he was able to say them so well. Bullshitters everywhere will breathe a sigh of relief now that he's dead. RIP.
piripi40 2 months ago
Even now when I look back at all the hysteria that surrounded her death I still want to puke. The way we were all told what we should be feeling was disgusting. It was like a dictator had died and we were all told we HAD to mourn.....hysterically.
MrAnthropophagy 4 months ago 2
or even 'Hitch'....
Sboy200 4 months ago
I remember the day she died and that i thought: So what!
Diana was a golddigger and probably a bit of a narcisist. With that much media attention Diana could have devoted her pampered life to a good cause, but she was more into hats and fucking around.
The royal family is of course a relic of the past and should be dispensed with.
wotg 8 months ago
@wotg that's what i'm gonna think when you're dead.
1234blahluv 6 months ago
@1234blahluv
I will be dead, so obviously i can't or wan't care...
wotg 6 months ago
What a pack of cynical bastards - let's not forget that sarcasm is not only the lowest form of wit but also the cancer of the modern age. I think the biggest knee-jerk reaction was actually one of immense guilt despite the manipulation of the media or even some of the often regrettable manipulation of Diana herself (still absolutely love her though), we should respect the insecurity of her youth & lack of adequate support provided in such a hugely important role later & also what she achieved.
ConcordiaApollinis 9 months ago
I was jealous of my mates, who, on the day of the funeral went screaming across the NY Moors on motorbikes - place was deserted. 150mph on empty roads with no fear of being caught. Awesome.
ginganz13 10 months ago
I have no clear recollection of where I was when I first heard of Diana's death. I do have a clear recollection of sitting in my history class the next day and being told by my teacher that we would "all remember it, forever." And I did say to her: "I don't think so. This isn't really that important, now is it?" It was inseisitve and rude, but I still don't regret it.
EliCross 11 months ago
What was even more gruesomely pathetic was her brother Charles Spencer setting up the family mansion as a "shrine" to her. I wonder how many idiots came and paid for the "privilege" to walk around and see the island she's buried on. That was the height of tackiness and bad taste.
philster61 1 year ago
When Hitch is gone the British better give him a better send off than DI
jvarela965 1 year ago
Here we go again. Britain descending into idiocy and a sickening vicariousness over a Royal Wedding. No doubt the usual Windsor fetishists will lap it up and the media will be a willing megaphone for these cultists. When history repeats itself, the first is a tragedy. The second time is a farce. To the Republic Now!
CosmosLoyal 1 year ago 5
it was literally mad, literally mad , i have no idea why people went like this, this and jacko wtf people u didn;t know them
TheBighairyfart 1 year ago
Thank you so much for posting this! I've been looking for this doco on Youtube for ages!
femmebot3000 1 year ago
I was out of the country, and from a distance it looked like the UK went insane. It was ten days before I got home and thankfully most of the insanity had drained away by then.
RoyG72 1 year ago 2
One of the best days of my childhood was when my Dad agreed to take me (11) and my brother (9) to Chesington World of Adventures on the day of Diana's funeral. For some reason the admission price was lower than normal and the place was virtually abandoned. Didn't have to queue for anything. It was amazing!!!
henryetc 1 year ago 8
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xbritishgirlx 2 years ago
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xbritishgirlx 2 years ago
More like too many. None of those hysterics outside the palace knew the woman; they just enjoyed a bit of grief, for whatever reason.
MarxBakuninMe 2 years ago 6
@xbritishgirlx British people, girls or not, are not supposed to show their feelings. To do so is an abomination.
axl170 1 year ago
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xbritishgirlx 1 year ago
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xbritishgirlx 2 years ago
This was "Diana hysteria". On hindsight many sensible and rational people now see things in a different light. Diana Spencer was extremely manipulative. Had carried on a series of affairs during her marriage and had conspired with the gutter media and journalists to attempt to destabalize the British establishment. Non of these things amounted to anything significant in the history of the UK or its monarchy which is extremely resilient.
nasilemak2008 2 years ago
I'm sure you'd never say that about madonna, when she is far worse.
"destabalize the British establishment. "
madonna influenced all the girls to act like sluts
BrickLaneBetty 2 years ago
girls were stupid enough to be under the influence
trailofdeadpeople 1 year ago
I was nine when she died and even at that age I thought the mourning was ridiculously over the top.
moiphx2 3 years ago 29
i was 12 and i thought that people had completely lost it...
and today when the brits sneer at americans for being gullible in their religious beliefs one feels like replaying these tapes back to them
vikramkrishnan 3 years ago 45
@vikramkrishnan
It is fucking embarrassing.
What people in our country (UK) do not realise is that we only see the ridiclous from the USA. No one (not the masses anyway) wants to hear Chomsky or Krauss. They want to see an American get the no. of sides of a triangle wrong.
We know more about Americans than they know about us dutheir greater exportation of media. I would say British people are arguably not that more intelligent than Americans, if at all.
ZPSBestProfileName 2 months ago
@vikramkrishnan as an englishman living in Guam (with mainly americans there) I was at a speech given the day after she died, with many americans 'grieving'. So it wasn't exclusively the british who went demented over her death.
weefeatures 1 month ago
exactly!
david552 2 years ago
I was around the same age as you were when she died. The same hysteria was even fervent here in America. They canceled cartoons to show the funeral and I was pissed!
countchaos99 2 years ago 7
@moiphx2 I was 30 when she died.I pissed my self laughing and then went for a pint to celebrate. She was a useless parasite.
aranterranting 1 year ago 2
@aranterranting im sure we will do the same for you
relmmih6 1 year ago
Can anyone tell me what he's talking about when he mentions the "foreign visitor" and "sacred teddy bear"?
richardcadbury 3 years ago
Fabio Piras, a Sardinian tourist, was given a one week prison sentence for having taken a teddy bear that a member of the public had put down among the flowers at St James's Palace as a tribute to Diana (this was later reduced to a £100 fine, a reduction that led to him being punched in the face by a member of the public when he left the court.)
wikipedia on "Death of Diana, Princess of Wales" - a good example for self-righteous pogrom-mood easily induced in credulous masses
Melvin6566842 3 years ago 5
Thank you very much for posting.
padraic2001eire 3 years ago
Good stuff - I hope to see the rest.
Ellesime89 3 years ago