tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2994612120432073541.post3420059842856379507..comments2023-10-30T14:18:55.777+00:00Comments on Jonny Mac's Place: Old fart corner: Jade (again)Jonny Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18440274325662944612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2994612120432073541.post-39342971760376814252009-04-07T21:50:00.000+01:002009-04-07T21:50:00.000+01:00I thought we had an agreement - i do the Jade bash...I thought we had an agreement - i do the Jade bashing and you do intelligent political insight???<BR/>Long live the peeplels' PRinsecsdNohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18072970553926305153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2994612120432073541.post-86009718764673479332009-04-07T19:58:00.000+01:002009-04-07T19:58:00.000+01:00I suspect Jade's appeal is that her raucous, ill-e...I suspect Jade's appeal is that her raucous, ill-educated hedonism combined with personal tragedy completely embodied the Zeitgeist.<BR/><BR/>The media hagiography of the past few weeks has produced the same religious fervour - flower-strewn funeral procession, all misdeeeds forgotten - that we saw on the demise of Diana, and in a secular society, what can you call a worshipper of these ersatz saints other than a 'fan'.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.com