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Life in the Fast Lane – The Eagles
Nancy Sinatra
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Cat Stevens or Boyzone – Father and Son
Some people hope for a miracle cure
Some people just accept the world as it is:-#
@toybulldog wrote:
blimey over a hundred views yet no one says anything . . . .
They’re all gagged… :wink: :lol:
Oooooh a brandy-infused wagon wheel…I think you might be on to something here…
@toybulldog wrote:
Could someone please explain to me why the Society of Black Lawyers AREN’T scoring a huge own goal, while creating enormous damage to the whole racism debate ?
pretty please, with sugar on top . . . . . .??
Oh good lord…I thought you were joking…then I googled…have you seen how many “Society of Black *insert your profession here*” groups there are? :shock:
@toybulldog wrote:
Has anyone here actually sat in front of a Rothko ?
I’m given to understand that there is something about his later art that invokes some very primitive emotions, and which strikes at the very heart of creative meaning. He only produced these kind of large block works after a long and varied career.
Surely criticism should be directed at the buyer and not the long-dead artist ?
Or does everyone in this place believe in throwing out babies with bathwaters ?
The thread is about this one piece and the sum it fetched at auction, not about the artist and his work.
Art is subjective, what resonates with one person will leave another person cold…this particular piece leaves me cold and the amount paid for it staggers me. However I’m sure the buyer will be happy with his purchase…maybe he has a large damp patch or a bad plastering job on a wall that needs concealing? Or maybe a flipping big safe? Who knows…I do wonder what the artists would have made of their works selling for such huge sums of money though…
Some would say that the parents have been punished, and will continue to be punished, by the loss of their daughter and the guilt that will be with them for the rest of their lives.
Is it bad parenting though? I went out drinking at the age of 16, it was a part of growing up, my parents didn’t know where I was…they thought they did though. And yes, there were times when I got so drunk that I could barely stand up…most teenagers do it at some point. Were my parents bad parents? No. Was I a teenager growing up and finding my feet in the adult world? Yes.
And yes, the people who sold her the drink should have checked id, and maybe they did and maybe she had a fake id…or maybe they didn’t, or maybe older friends got the drinks for her. As for drugs, well anyone who sells drugs is culpable in my view.
But had the guard been doing his job properly, had he been safeguarding the safety of the train, its passengers and people on the platform, she wouldn’t have got pulled under the train and there’s a strong chance that she would have woken up the following day with the hangover from hell and still be alive today.
Is five years enough for the act of gross negligence resulting in the loss of a young life? (her parents would probably say no) Or do we temper the sentence because her death was due to negligence rather than a violent act? If he had been driving a car recklessly and killed her, would we be saying that 5 years wasn’t deserved?
He won’t serve 5 years anyway.