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Jan Moir and the Daily Mail are utter cunts
Sorry guys, I know I am an over emotional bunny right now, but this REALLY has angered me and I need to vent;
Why there was nothing 'natural' about Stephen Gately's death
The news of Stephen Gately's death was deeply shocking. It was not just that another young star had died pointlessly.
Through the recent travails and sad ends of Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger and many others, fans know to expect the unexpected of their heroes - particularly if those idols live a life that is shadowed by dark appetites or fractured by private vice.
There are dozens of household names out there with secret and not-so-secret troubles, or damaging habits both past and present.
Robbie, Amy, Kate, Whitney, Britney; we all know who they are. And we are not being ghoulish to anticipate, or to be mentally braced for, their bad end: a long night, a mysterious stranger, an odd set of circumstances that herald a sudden death.
In the morning, a body has already turned cold before the first concerned hand reaches out to touch an icy celebrity shoulder. It is not exactly a new storyline, is it?
In fact, it is rather depressingly familiar. But somehow we never expected it of him. Never him. Not Stephen Gately.
In the cheerful environs of Boyzone, Gately was always charming, cute, polite and funny.
A founder member of Ireland's first boy band, he was the group's co-lead singer, even though he could barely carry a tune in a Louis Vuitton trunk.
He was the Posh Spice of Boyzone, a popular but largely decorous addition.
Gately came out as gay in 1999 after discovering that someone was planning to sell a story revealing his sexuality to a newspaper.
Although he was effectively smoked out of the closet, he has been hailed as a champion of gay rights, albeit a reluctant one.
At the time, Gately worried that the revelations might end his ultra-mainstream career as a pin-up, but he received an overwhelmingly positive response from fans. In fact, it only made them love him more.
In 2006, Gately entered into a civil union with internet businessman Andrew Cowles, who had been introduced to him by mutual friends Elton John and David Furnish.
Last week, the couple were enjoying a holiday together in their apartment in Mallorca before their world was capsized.
All the official reports point to a natural death, with no suspicious circumstances. The Gately family are - perhaps understandably - keen to register their boy's demise on the national consciousness as nothing more than a tragic accident.
Even before the post-mortem and toxicology reports were released by the Spanish authorities, the Gatelys' lawyer reiterated that they believed his sudden death was due to natural causes.
But, hang on a minute. Something is terribly wrong with the way this incident has been shaped and spun into nothing more than an unfortunate mishap on a holiday weekend, like a broken teacup in the rented cottage.
Consider the way it has been largely reported, as if Gately had gently keeled over at the age of 90 in the grounds of the Bide-a-Wee rest home while hoeing the sweet pea patch.
The sugar coating on this fatality is so saccharine-thick that it obscures whatever bitter truth lies beneath. Healthy and fit 33-year-old men do not just climb into their pyjamas and go to sleep on the sofa, never to wake up again.
Whatever the cause of death is, it is not, by any yardstick, a natural one. Let us be absolutely clear about this. All that has been established so far is that Stephen Gately was not murdered.
And I think if we are going to be honest, we would have to admit that the circumstances surrounding his death are more than a little sleazy.
After a night of clubbing, Cowles and Gately took a young Bulgarian man back to their apartment. It is not disrespectful to assume that a game of canasta with 25-year-old Georgi Dochev was not what was on the cards.
Cowles and Dochev went to the bedroom together while Stephen remained alone in the living room.
What happened before they parted is known only to the two men still alive. What happened afterwards is anyone's guess.
A post-mortem revealed Stephen died from acute pulmonary oedema, a build-up of fluid on his lungs.
Gately's family have always maintained that drugs were not involved in the singer's death, but it has just been revealed that he at least smoked cannabis on the night he died.
Nevertheless, his mother is still insisting that her son died from a previously undetected heart condition that has plagued the family.
Another real sadness about Gately's death is that it strikes another blow to the happy-ever-after myth of civil partnerships.
Gay activists are always calling for tolerance and understanding about same-sex relationships, arguing that they are just the same as heterosexual marriages. Not everyone, they say, is like George Michael.
Of course, in many cases this may be true. Yet the recent death of Kevin McGee, the former husband of Little Britain star Matt Lucas, and now the dubious events of Gately's last night raise troubling questions about what happened.
It is important that the truth comes out about the exact circumstances of his strange and lonely death.
As a gay rights champion, I am sure he would want to set an example to any impressionable young men who may want to emulate what they might see as his glamorous routine.
For once again, under the carapace of glittering, hedonistic celebrity, the ooze of a very different and more dangerous lifestyle has seeped out for all to see.
DREADFUL
#janmoirfacts is amusing me (except for jammatthews' tweets)
Jan Moir was turned down by the Khymer Rouge for being too repulsive a human being"
Last edited by Madison; 16-10-2009 at 01:02 PM.
She is the NEW MELANIE PHILIPS
Yes.Originally Posted by Kate
But why is it TIME and TIME again the Daily Mail give 'journalists' like this any airtime?
Cause it's just articulating what their readership is thinking ANYWAY
I wish I could get paid to write stuff with the SOLE PURPOSE of UPSETTING and ANNOYING people
*applies for journalism course*
And oh...
Oh HOW MANY YEARS
Is it NOW Maurice?
Anyway, a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission really wouldn't be out of order here seeing as the article is PURE fabrication.
They couldn't even wait till the poor boy was burried before starting with this trash. It's all VERY UPSETTING.
I am definitely writing to the Press Complaints Comission. Disgusting, untrue and insensitive.
Hateful cunt.
Shut up and let me see your jazz hands....
What a hateful bitch.
Given the tendency of homophobes to describe gay sex as unnatural, it's not hard to see what's bubbling under the surface when she describes his death as 'natural' in the headline.
FOUL woman
But this line is just out and out fabrication:
"Whatever the cause of death is, it is not, by any yardstick, a natural one. Let us be absolutely clear about this."
HOW does she know? Was she PRESENT at the autopsy?
Complain here.
Just NO NEED
Newspapers are really struggling for advertising at the moment, and one thing they are really focussing on is internet hits. It's quite possible that articles of this nature are published with the intent to be sent around and linked to thereby increasing their traffic, even if it's from people who strongly disagree with them. Sadly all publicity etc....
exactly
And oh...
Oh HOW MANY YEARS
Is it NOW Maurice?
It's just all so hurtful
I'll be complaining about this too. That's an APPALLING article. How DO they still get away with it?
It's been too long, it's been too long...
Hold on...Star said "cunt"
It's been too long, it's been too long...
My comment hasn't been posted... must have been too sarcastic for them
There are pages of twitter status's about this article and what a cunt she is
Last edited by Halli; 16-10-2009 at 01:36 PM.
Three of the Top 10 trending topics on Twitter are related to her (including the #1)
Last edited by dUb; 16-10-2009 at 01:37 PM.
No one messes with anyone close to me and gets away with it. I'm FIERCELY loyal.Hold on...Star said "cunt"
I have sent my complaint to the PCC.
Shut up and let me see your jazz hands....
I've complained to the PCC.
In particular clause 12 in relation to discrimination, clause 1 in relation to accuracy, and clause 5 in relation to insensitive articles for grieving persons.
EDIT: Yes, I realise 'accuration' isn't a word.
Last edited by Madison; 16-10-2009 at 01:42 PM.
Oh no, Perez Hilton is on the case
from the Daily Quail
JAN MOIR: Why there's nothing natural about these gays
It was bound to happen.
The moment Stephen Gately came out in 1999, selfishly mortifying legions of young female fans in the process, I had him marked as a dead man walking.
Through the recent untimely demises of Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger, and Richard Whiteley, fans have become resigned to finding out that their heroes were probably at least a bit gay and thus doomed to an early grave. There are few things as sad as a young girl finding out that the idol whose image adorns her bedroom walls has died - or even worse, is homosexual. Sadly, it is becoming all too common to find that, inevitably, both are true.
There are millions of household names out there that are ticking timebombs of fatal gay. Their damaging lifestyle choices only lead to one thing - certain death, whether it be of one of those gay diseases you read about like Herpes, or just gay itself (a proven immune system inhibitor).
Danni, Simon, Cheryl, Louis - especially Louis - we all know they're at least 12% gay. And it's not hateful to anticipate, or even look forward to, their terrible end at the hands of modern gay: a pink shirt, an appearance at Pride, or a scarf that's just that little bit too dainty, all herald impending doom.
That fateful morning after 12 hours binging on mojitos and 'Slippery Nipples' (or strong brown ale if it's a lesbian), a body is found face down in the gutter, an outline of sparkly body paint marking the place at which gay finally caught up with the sufferer and the soul was taken from the body by angels in denim hotpants. We've heard the story countless times before.
And yet, somehow, most people never expected it of Stephen. Not the cute one with the big blue eyes from Boyzone. He was all the things that homosexuals aren't: clean, nicely dressed, and polite. People thought he was safe, because he wasn't that gay. But let's be clear - it doesn't matter how queer you are. Even the merest hint of mincing in a man's stride, or glancing at another chaps's todger in the gym shower or those deadly honey-traps of unsuspecting straight men everywhere, the gent's lavatories, is enough to usher imminent death.
And so it was with Gately. After going out "clubbing" (a euphemism for hanging around the loos with a tell-tale pink feathered hat, the accepted sign of availability), he and "his" husband retired to their hotel room with a pretty young Bulgarian boyman. Now I'm not homophobic, but it's safe to assume they weren't just going back for a quick game of snakes & ladders. More like just plain old snakes, if you know what I mean. In case you don't though, I mean gay stuff. You know what they're into - hanging each other like that other possibly gay Hutchence man did, spanking, dressing up as ladies, knife swallowing, and bear-baiting. If one is to indulge in such dangerous persuits of carnal pleasure, one must be prepared for the consequences. Did we learn nothing from the hapless Sodomites?
Precisely what happened before, during, or after the salacious triuvirate returned to their hotel I don't know, but it's quite obvious that it was something icky that almost certainly led to poor Stephen's death. I'm no expert, or medical professional, nor do I know most of the facts, and I haven't really bothered reading about the case or asking anyone, but with cases like this you don't need to.
Some might say the death and the fact that the deathee was gay are unconnected. To them, I say: 'no'. Look at the facts - he died, and he was gay. Therefore he died of gay. If a young, healthy man dies whilst suffering from a cold, obviously nobody would suggest that the cold had killed him, but with gay it's different. Medical reasons, and that. Isn't it? Yes, I think it is.
The post-mortem 'established' that Gately died from fluid on the lungs. I'm sure he did, but why is nobody asking the crucial question: 'How did that fluid get there? Was it from gay?' Let's be clear, these are no 'natural causes'. Normal, heterosexual men of 33 don't just climb into their pyjamas, curl up and cease to be. First of all, they don't wear pyjamas because they're straight. But most importantly, people under the age of 50 just don't die.
Do you know any straight people under the age of 50 who are dead? I don't. Well, I used to know this chap, but he died at 29 from cardiac arrest, a distinctly non-gay thing to die of. Anyway, I don't know him now, so the point is valid.
Gately's family has maintained that drugs had nothing to do with their son's death, but, as everybody knows, drugs and homosexuality go hand in hand like two lesbians at a stripclub. Another recent gay death proves it. Kevin McGee, the former husband "of" Little Britain star Matt Lucas died after a homosexually charged drug binge.
The dubious events (by which I mean gay stuff again) of Gately's last night raise troubling questions. It is important that the truth comes out - and not "medical" truth, or the ruling of some officious, poorly trained foreign coroner, but a string of ex-boyfriends to tells us all the dirty secrets of Gately's past. Only then can we be safe in the knowledge that this tragedy was all because of gay.
ha
Stephen Fry;
I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathesome and inhumane.
I'm visiting my parents tomorrow and I am going to make it my MISSION to convert them from The Mail to The Guardian.
You might need a Times-shaped stepping stone
I've managed to get mine from The Mail on Sunday to The Sunday Express as a result of Melanie Phillips...
It's a start!
It's been too long, it's been too long...
I've managed to get mine from The Mail on Sunday to The Sunday Express as a result of Melanie Phillips...
It's a start!
It's been too long, it's been too long...
my boyfriend just said "Kate reads Daily Mail and is outraged SHOCK"
I think I need my weekly dose of Daily Fail RAGE
After reading Jan's article they're probably going to make it their mission to convert you from gay to straight.
They'll be surprised you're still alive.
Thank FUCK for people like Stephen Fry.
Top up, Sue?
Thing is my parents are actually very liberal souls. I was venting about the Melanie Phillips thing a while ago and Mum didn't even realise The Mail was particularly right-wing.
I think she only really reads the human interest stories and the TV section.
The thing is The Mail has a really clever niche in the market in that it presents itself in a way which makes it look a bit respectable compared to The Mirror and The Sun, but it also looks much more accessible than The Guardian and The Times. There's a real hole in the market for a quality left wing/liberal newspaper which isn't a complete tabloid but also doesn't include sentences like "It was a great relief, after this dreary programme consisting mainly of contrived confrontations, to turn to Sky Arts and watch Bryn Terfel and Cecilia Bartoli in a glorious gala oerformance of arias and duets at Glyndebourne 10 years ago."
I've just sent in my complaint.
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