Katy French "will not get justice" - tabloid headline?!!

foxyboxer wrote: »

John Waters wrote this claptrap after her death. It's tragic for families but seriously this extract is not meant to be funny, but I just think it's hilariously deluded. :pac: I mean what? Did she cure cancer or something?


"She had a beauty that suggested itself as emanating from an infinity within. She seemed to believe anything was possible and her smile convinced you, for an instant, that she was right. I wanted her dreams to come true. She was a child. She was my daughter and Eoghan’s daughter and Eamon’s daughter and Pat’s daughter and Bertie’s daughter. She was your daughter, your little sister. She was a child of Ireland in the time of its rebirth."

"Katy French was a personification of our fantasies, of our sense of what we were becoming, of how we might unfold ourselves. She was not the only one, but in the immediate past was perhaps the most spectacular light on the skyline, a meteorite of desire plummeting through the Irish zeitgeist… Katy had found a way of being that promised her it could slake all her human cravings. She had manoeuvred herself into a position where everything humanly desirable seemed to be within reach, and was careering forward on the path opening up in front of her. She did not, other than literally, die of whatever it will say on her death certificate. She died of desire, of being utterly human."

I hadn't seen that piece of journalism before. Seriously; how could Waters have kept a straight face when typing that up? That is embarrassingly awful. Is he related to her?

OP a little bit of compassion wouldn't go amiss....

speedboatchase wrote: »

Just seen it walking out of a newsagents, might have been the Star or Sun. Here's the actual story in the Independent:

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/katy-drug-probe-man-evades-jail-term-2184704.html

Seriously though, she wasn't murdered and took drugs of her own choice - what "justice" does a coke junkie who had an overdose deserve? :eek:

With respect, I find your comment lacks humanity and I truly do not believe that any addict whether it be of drugs/alcohol/cigarettes/medications actually choose to be addicts and are to be pitied for their lack of self control,their own self-esteem, feelings of unworthiness, depression, isolation etc etc. Ok they don't all fall into this category, but they have my compassion, for it is easy to see that their lives are lacking any value to them and they desperately seek a way to feel good, if only for a while. I have worked with drug users of all categories and many thankfully became clean and are living good lives. I also met many who came from what would be perceived as a priveledged background. But it helped her little, as she was left with various nannies, au pairs etc and was well aware that her parents used their money as substitue for their love and time which she craved. She died at 19 in her Uni bedroom from an overdose of cocaine. Her note spoke the words of so many others like her. So no, I do not judge a drug addict ever. I have not right to. I keep my despise for the peddlars. They are the most evil of all and with apparently no conscience about their actions whatsoever. I know it is very very difficult to understand any addict and their aparrent unwillingness to stop, get clean, lead a normal life, but it is not quite that simple. What we must not lose sight of is that these people did not begin using with the thought and knowledge of becoming addicted. Like alcohol and other stimulants, they thought they were in control of it and not the other way around. Please understand that this is just my own take on the problem and not a view I wish to convince others is the correct one. You are entitiled to your view and I respect that.

havetoquit wrote: »

Agree. For an articulate jounalist like Waters, that is a neauseating piece of twaddle and did not deserve the space it got on paper.

I would argue that his articles never deserve the space they get in the newspaper. This was a particularly over the top one, but he's not generally much better.

Anyway, I saw this headline in a shop earlier and rolled my eyes. Justice my arse. She took drugs and died. She was young. It was sad. She didnt deserve to die. But she wasnt a victim in this. She made the decision to shove a load of coke up her nose. There is nobody out there who deserves punishment for her death.