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Sharon Osbourne Says Cancer Has Spread
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Posted on 07/19/2002 8:51:59 AM PDT by rintense
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To: Guillermo
Look. You continue to condemn a person for their past actions. People can and DO change. Remember our current President??? Yes, even he wasn't a saint either- admittedly so. If we can forgive our President his past, we should be able to do the same for anyone who is trying to make thier lives better.
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posted on
07/19/2002 1:47:47 PM PDT
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rintense
To: Guillermo
No one is trying to portray them as an ideal family. People are voicing thier concern and compassion for her health and the welfare of her family.
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posted on
07/19/2002 1:48:42 PM PDT
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rintense
To: rintense
Who did I condemn?
I simply pointed out a fact.
Like I said earlier, when I see someone praising this dysfunctional family as ideal, I will point out that it's not.
To: Guillermo
There is no normal. There is no perfect. And there is no ideal anything. Call me a cynic, but I call it reality. And I haven't seen anyone here trying to portray the Osbournes are normal, ideal or perfect. They are more dysfunctional than the Bundys. But I know a heck of a lot more families that are like the Osbournes than like Ozzy and Harriet.
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07/19/2002 1:53:33 PM PDT
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rintense
To: StoneColdGOP
oops! thanks, I'm not quite sure whether he's dead or alive at this point, so I'll just wish him a long painful stint in Hell.
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posted on
07/19/2002 1:56:38 PM PDT
by
goodieD
To: rintense
So since the families you know are more like the Osbournes than O&H, it should be celebrated??
Though it does figure the show is a "hit". The way this culture's gone, it's not surprising the lowest common denominator is the goal.
To: Guillermo
I think that what is being 'celebrated' (your word not mine) is showing two parents, one of whom happens to be famous, trying to raise their teenagers and help them to not make the same mistakes they've made. Ozzy himself has used his life as an example of what not to do.
So for all the swearing, etc., what CAN be celebrated is that they are trying to raise their kids by using their own lives as examples of what not to do. And what parent hasn't done that?
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07/19/2002 2:01:49 PM PDT
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rintense
To: Guillermo
Nobody is saying they're ideal. All that was said is that there's clearly a lot of love in the family. Have they had problems? Yes. Families where one person is a drug addict tend to. Has the family been working to fix those problems? Yes. Why not remind people of Ozzy's self confessed "moment of clarity", that being the day Sharon held up a kitchen knife and said if he wanted to die so bad she'd take care of it for him. They're not a family like most of us are used to, but they love each other and they look out for each other. And I've seen families that couldn't muster that part up so I think that puts the Osbornes a step ahead of many.
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posted on
07/19/2002 2:04:11 PM PDT
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discostu
To: Guillermo
Who the hell is trying to setup the Osbournes as an ideal family or celebrate their parenting? Yes, their family is unorthodox to say the least, and I probably wouldn't go about raising my kids as they have done.
Is that any excuse for you to bash them on a thread about Sharon having colon cancer? Mighty big of you!
You know, Ozzy is a 53 year old rock star married to a woman the SAME AGE as he is. Not many rock stars can say that, maybe even a lot of non-famous men. And the family loves each other. They may have a different set of standards than YOUR family, but I think they've done well for themselves.
That's what counts, NOT trying to fit your mold of what a family ought to be.
To: StoneColdGOP
Almost forgot the top of my list:
Janet Reno, sorry, but Parkinson's isn't enough for me. Oh does that sound mean? I have this funny thing against people who torch and terrorize other people's kids.
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posted on
07/19/2002 3:17:59 PM PDT
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goodieD
To: rintense
"Ozzy told People the couple planned to renew their marriage vows on Sharon's 50th birthday on October 9. "I've always had a plan that I'd get sick before she did, that I'd die before she did. But my plan didn't work out....Life has a way of kicking you in the nuts," he said." Cmon Oz-man, you gotta give Sharon supportive and positive input now... not make statements like that that could take away hope. Mental strength, positive attitude is definitely a big help in fighting cancer and now it's your turn to be there for her to lean on!
That is not meant as a slam to Ozzy. I know Oz was devasted when his mother died several years back and this has to scare the heck out of him.
It seems pretty clear that Sharon has been the stable strong one in the family in the past, now Oz-man is going to have to pull some strength out of himself to help her face this. The above comment is about his fears, not hers.
Life does have a way of "kicking you in the nuts" though and my empathy is with the Osbournes.
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posted on
07/19/2002 5:15:21 PM PDT
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kcpopps
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