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- From: bethan@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Bethan Davies)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Bloody Media
- Keywords: aaarrgghhh!!!!
- Message-ID: <12271@scott.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 13:43:26 GMT
- Followup-To: soc.bi
- Distribution: soc.bi
- Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK
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- <begin rant>
-
- I heard on the News last night that Nureyev had died. I found the way
- they reported it immensely 'interesting' (read 'bloody irritating')
-
- 1) On the headlines they said 'Rudolf Nureyev is dead'. Not 'has died at
- the age of...' or 'has died of....' which is what they usually say.
- That (spot the linguist) and the fact that it had made the headlines
- made me wonder.....
-
- 2) It was said that Nureyev may have died of AIDS (he denied it).
- Immediately after this it was stated that 'Nureyev was widely known
- to have had lovers of both sexes...'
- OH Noooooo..... You mean he was one of <whisper> *those*. One of those
- <even whisperer> *bisexuals*. Well, of course, he was promiscuous, and
- of _course_ he got AIDS, and well, its whats to be expected.
- or...
- He was one of _those_ (ie gay/bi), and only _they_ get AIDS...
-
- 3) If Nureyev did have AIDS (which does seem likely), it is sad that
- he felt the need to hide it, even at his death. I'm not about to go
- around claiming HIV+ 'pride', but _hell_.... people get terminally
- ill from numerous diseases: Cancer, heart disease, ms etc, and some
- of these _may_ be attributable to 'lifestyle', but are _they_
- ostracised in the way AIDS sufferers are ...?
-
- Why is it that if you die of drug/alcohol abuse (Parker, Dylan Thomas,
- Jim Morrison etc) You become romanticised and a 'tortured artist',
- yet if you die of more prosaic means (AIDS) you are labelled as some
- kind of pervert.....
-
- <end rant>
-
- <sigh>
-
- Yes, I know..... I know. I'm preaching to the converted here, but it had
- to be got out of my system...
-
- Oh well. Time to get back to real life I suppose.... <shudder>
-
- no NO! *NO!* Don't make me do it!!!!!!!!
-
-
- <HUGS> to them as wants 'em.....
-
-
- Bethan
-