What the?

[bigk]

Call me callous, cold hearted, inconsiderate or whatever you like but who really gives a flying F#@% about Heath Ledgers demise? Too bad if you wanted to watch something else on TV last night. Reporters flying over to be at his doorstep, they even interviewed his school teachers for chrissake! I watched one of his movies, maybe they'll interview me. Yep, I suppose it's sad, but is it the only news in the world or what? Makes me furious although I don't really know why. I feel better now, perhaps a trip to the shrink might be in order.......
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[TooFastTim]

Heath Ledger apparently became addicted to crack during the filming of "Brokeback Mountain".

[lyle2212]

I,m sure we will hear lots of stories over the coming days on Heath ledgers demise, wether they are true or false the media cares only for the headline value. Look at the way the media circus invaded Tassie when those two blokes got stuck in a coal mine for a week, total saturation 24/7 untill they where out, then that clown Koshy chasing the ambulance down the road. Meanwhile on the other side of the world how many children had died in that week through starvation.  And how many of us here really give a shit !!!

[Doc]

the media..isn't it a wonderful thing, I believe less than half of what I read and even less of what I hear and see. I don't watch TV or listen to a radio so I'm spared thankfully. I didn't see broke arse mountain as I'm a little homophobic but I did like the Knight's Tale movie. The media never let anyone rest in peace and you will always only hear what they think fit and even then it is sensationalized beyond truths. I love a good bitch session 

[Maicojames]

Doc, do ya really think you're homophobic? Do you literally run and hide from gays? Do you avoid the paint department at home centers, or have someone else get flowers for the misses so you won't run into gays? I think not, and the term hohmphobic is a lot of bullshit( Texas USA term). The term is meant to LABEL anyone who fails to embrace the gay culture and all.
Hell, many of us here are motocross racers, and fail to embrace the culture of say, bungee-jumping, if so are we then "bungeephobic" .Sorry, but that movie was rammed( no pun intended) up the ass(arse) of everyone-to enlighten them or whatever-and was spoon fed several awards. This is not to take away from anyone's work in the film, but the way it was rallied was indicative of the whole media's bullshit. My wife has a few gay male friends, the particular blokes are a rather depressing bunch to be around for me-so she visits once in a while without me.
  I feel for the family of Mr Ledger, as I would in any loss for a family-it is tragic-yet I agree that we still have kids dying every day here in the US( violence)-not to mention allied forces in good ol' Iraq getting picked off like sitting ducks every day without exception. If you disagree with any part of this you are" maicojamesphobic".

[Quicksilver]

Heath Ledger apparently became addicted to crack during the filming of "Brokeback Mountain".

  Addicted to crack. You'd have to be on something to play that roll.

[TM BILL]

Any premeture loss of life is a waste , i see far too much of it in my job.

Regardless of circumstaces a young person duying is a tragedy.

Stuff the media IMHO there down there with lawyers and car sharks .

Condolences to the family .

WTF does this have to do with VMX .

[Doc]

Bill we're a bunch of cranky old buggers remember..it's part of our VMX culture to whine and bitch at the slightest provocation 

Maicojames thank you for correcting my exaggerated state of mind toward the general gay population..I meant to say I think lesbians are fine but poofs simply rub me the wrong way 

[Hoony]

I think lesbians are fine but poofs simply rub me the wrong way 

Exactly which way do they rub you doc 

[Tahitian_Red]

Doc,

I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body. 

[Maicojames]

Doc,

I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body. 

Jay, it's 1:00 am here, gotta be like 11:00 pm there-I was up polishing- now picking the dust boogers out of my ears-I bet you, the misses is asleep(mine is).

[firko]

I'll take a different tack on this. Although I couldn't be called a fan of Heath Ledger, I felt a tinge of sorrow at his death. This is yet another example of the end result of our societies fixation with celebrity. Young people like Ledger are thrown into the world of adoration, huge amounts of money and non stop attention from the press and fans. They lose every aspect of a 'normal' life and are expected to be anything the media spin doctors want them to be. Every ounce of their normal life is replaced with a fantasy land full of arse lickers, yes men and more money and power than their social skills can handle. They are never educated in the pschycological skills needed to handle these pressures and more often than not they head off the rails. Ben Cousins, Andrew Johns, Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears and now Heath Ledger are examples of what the pressure of celebrity can do to a person. I know I'd hate to be under the day in, day out media scrutiny these people are put under. It's easy to sit back and call them wankers for the way they behave but how would we react if it was us being constantly bombarded with Paparazzi? Sadly Ledger couldn't handle the pressure and I find his death a sad refection on modern celebrity worship and the pressure these kids are under.

[Lozza]

Well said firko.

You'll just have to be a little nicer and not put your feet up on them Doc

[gator]

Pressure's my ars i have worked underground for 22 year's thats pressure i chose my profession like they did so fck them

[gator]

PS. and i don;t need drug;s