I am glad that Jade Goody was treated in some of her last days in St Clare Hospice. St Clare is a beautiful place that gives those who are very sick, the chance to have some of their last days in tranquillity and with dignity.
I do hope that Jade's tragic death will be a lesson to all of us. The public and the media build people up, then knock them down and then build them up again. It is not a pretty sight and Jade has shown how her very life was caught up in this media maelstrom. We should try and stop our constant voyeurism into public celebrities.
If anything, let's remember Jade for her courage in the face of a terrible terrible disease. But as important, let us try not to get sucked in to the next celebrity's good and bad fortune that may befall them.
I do hope that Jade's tragic death will be a lesson to all of us. The public and the media build people up, then knock them down and then build them up again. It is not a pretty sight and Jade has shown how her very life was caught up in this media maelstrom. We should try and stop our constant voyeurism into public celebrities.
If anything, let's remember Jade for her courage in the face of a terrible terrible disease. But as important, let us try not to get sucked in to the next celebrity's good and bad fortune that may befall them.
