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Fri Sep 1, 2017, 06:03 PM

Sep 2017

Unless I'm going mad.

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Diana was our society's warning to women (on the 20th anniversary of her death (murder?)) [View all] niyad Sep 2017 OP

I can't say that I disagree with this article, especially in its main point. Boomerproud Sep 2017 #1

and they are doing a very good job of it! niyad Sep 2017 #2

DURec leftstreet Sep 2017 #3

So true. Every word. I had just left an abusive relationship when Diana died. Coventina Sep 2017 #4

((((((((coventina))))))) niyad Sep 2017 #5

Thanks. I hope that there is an afterlife. Coventina Sep 2017 #6

+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #7

She only ended up married to Charles because the outdated tradition held Ken Burch Sep 2017 #8

Sadly, no. There are thousands of them every year. Coventina Sep 2017 #10

Indeed. I meant no disrespect to your experience and hope I didn't convey that. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #12

Oh no, I wasn't offended. Coventina Sep 2017 #16

An excellent point to make. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #18

WTF? Jesus! NurseJackie Sep 2017 #14

I think you might have misunderstood his point. Coventina Sep 2017 #17

There was nothing BUT respect to Diana and her experience in what I said. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #19

I also remember being horrified by that practice! Greybnk48 Sep 2017 #20

But did it happen? Do you have a reliable source? TubbersUK Sep 2017 #34

Sounds like urban legend RhodeIslandOne Sep 2017 #39

It is urban legend - to put it nicely. n/t TubbersUK Sep 2017 #41

No, I'm sorry, but that is complete bullshit. WoonTars Sep 2017 #23

Do you have a link for that? Because I remember the news reporting Coventina Sep 2017 #26

Are you sure? TubbersUK Sep 2017 #32

I am sure of what I remember. I will admit that I was a child at the time. Coventina Sep 2017 #45

Never happened. cwydro Sep 2017 #80

+1000 TubbersUK Sep 2017 #33

Yes, it is complete bullshit TubbersUK Sep 2017 #35

Can't believe some of the stuff I'm reading. cwydro Sep 2017 #76

I don't remember that TubbersUK Sep 2017 #30

There's absolutely no evidence whatsoever that happened. BannonsLiver Sep 2017 #31

Maybe she didn't "have to" be a virgin GopherGal Sep 2017 #89

Sure, but social expectations are different BannonsLiver Sep 2017 #93

Thank you. cwydro Sep 2017 #79

Did you really say that? George II Sep 2017 #21

I was talking about hypocritical royal expectations. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #46

No. Wrong. Camilla was a divorcee. That was the problem. WoonTars Sep 2017 #24

No, Camilla was MARRIED to someone else. n/t Coventina Sep 2017 #27

No, she didn't divorce Andrew Parker Bowles until 1987 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 #38

It's complicated Freddie Sep 2017 #84

Wrong. She wasn't married yet at the time she and Charles were involved. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #47

Really? TubbersUK Sep 2017 #29

Wasn't Camilla Already Married To One Of His Friends? Me. Sep 2017 #42

No. She wasn't. She didn't marry until much later. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #48

Camilla met Prince Charles in 1971 and dated him lapucelle Sep 2017 #57

As I heard it, he proposed to her while they were a couple Ken Burch Sep 2017 #58

It Wasn't Just That She Had Sex Me. Sep 2017 #59

Never mind that every male British royal who ever lived had lots of sex and wasn't discrete about it Ken Burch Sep 2017 #61

Even Had Camilla Been A Virgin She Would NOt Have Been Considered Suitable Me. Sep 2017 #63

I read, back in those days, that she had turned him down because she did not want demigoddess Sep 2017 #60

No, it really didn't, and she wasn't, "the worlds last sacrificial virgin." herding cats Sep 2017 #70

I didn't make the claim about the hymen check. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #71

I didn't say you made that claim, I said it was thanks to your post I had to read that post. herding cats Sep 2017 #72

Her personality still looms large Beringia Sep 2017 #9

exactly niyad Sep 2017 #111

Diana was a victim of Institutional Conservatism. Dawson Leery Sep 2017 #11

The comments section at the link is horrific. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #13

Yes, people say horrible things all the time, don't they. It seems... NurseJackie Sep 2017 #15

As a person who hasn't posted anything intentionally thoughtless online I wholeheartedly agree. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #49

She should have worn a seatbelt, and her driver shouldn't have been drunk. WoonTars Sep 2017 #25

I have to agree. JenniferJuniper Sep 2017 #28

Exactly n/t TubbersUK Sep 2017 #36

They trivialize her death and blame her for it, in order to get the tabloids off the hook. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #51

No. She died because she wasn't wearing a seatbelt. WoonTars Sep 2017 #94

Nothing. Snackshack Sep 2017 #77

how about "the jackals should not have been chasing her"? niyad Sep 2017 #97

ugh!!!!! I did not read the comments section, do not think I will now. niyad Sep 2017 #96

There have been other women who have served as warnings as well, lapucelle Sep 2017 #22

The warning is to always wear a seatbelt and not let a drunk drive. Kaleva Sep 2017 #37

Indeed n/t TubbersUK Sep 2017 #40

Agreed customerserviceguy Sep 2017 #65

No kidding. Dave Starsky Sep 2017 #78

The Entire Charles/Camilla Scandal Has Sparked Again Me. Sep 2017 #43

I have not heard that Freddie Sep 2017 #85

I Did Not Mention The Word Abdicate In Reference To The Queen Me. Sep 2017 #90

The Queen has never expressed her BuddhaGirl Sep 2017 #99

It May Be A Gossip Site But It Got The Pregnancy News Correct Me. Sep 2017 #100

True, but pregnancy is more easily confirmable BuddhaGirl Sep 2017 #101

It's True About The Health Of Her Father Me. Sep 2017 #102

I believe the law holds that Charles is next in line. Mariana Sep 2017 #98

Oh, for fuck's sake - she wasnt murdered Adenoid_Hynkel Sep 2017 #44

Fayed GopherGal Sep 2017 #88

If we want to ask who killed Diana, first and foremost it was a drunk driver. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #50

Can I add the paparazzi customerserviceguy Sep 2017 #66

exactly- the paparazzi were functioning as an arm of that whole celebrity obsessiveness industry. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #74

Let's not forget Henry the 8th. These folks live under special rules. jalan48 Sep 2017 #52

Henry the 8th? cwydro Sep 2017 #82

Oh yeah-it's in the blood. Especially the white male ones. jalan48 Sep 2017 #83

You might wanna brush up on English history. cwydro Sep 2017 #86

I thought Henry the 8th beheaded his wife? jalan48 Sep 2017 #87

Oh lordie me. cwydro Sep 2017 #91

Brushy Brushy jalan48 Sep 2017 #92

The spousal beheadings are settled historical fact. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #104

My point was that the royalty has a history of nefarious spousal abuse. jalan48 Sep 2017 #106

I realize that. I was asking the other poster why they were laughing at you. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #107

Not sure. Maybe they misunderstood what I was trying to say. Sometimes snark falls flat. jalan48 Sep 2017 #108

He beheaded TWO wives, and up 'til the 20th Century Ken Burch Sep 2017 #103

And the voracious consumers of gossip rags...these were men, too? BeyondGeography Sep 2017 #53

IDK janterry Sep 2017 #54

Exactly. bluepen Sep 2017 #55

It's odd, isn't it customerserviceguy Sep 2017 #68

The readers may not have been men, but almost all the publishers were. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #105

I think it was more like... Mike Nelson Sep 2017 #56

Why do any of us give a shit? GulfCoast66 Sep 2017 #62

I don't customerserviceguy Sep 2017 #69

wow. some of us care because she was a remarkable woman. and remember, she was niyad Sep 2017 #112

They didn't help take care of her MFM008 Sep 2017 #64

You gotta be kidding me with this shit melman Sep 2017 #67

Agree. cwydro Sep 2017 #81

and yet, read it you did. niyad Sep 2017 #110

Her death led to one of the most interesting examples of public mass hysteria Kentonio Sep 2017 #73

Kick ck4829 Sep 2017 #75

Princess Diana was and is still being attacked by feminists Kaleva Sep 2017 #95

She didn't have a seat belt on nini Sep 2017 #109

not the fact that she and her friend were being pursued by a pack of slavering jackals? niyad Sep 2017 #113

Lots of celebrities get pursued like that nini Sep 2017 #114

and, I repeat, the discussion is NOT about seat belts, but thanks for the deflection, and niyad Sep 2017 #115

You're welcome nini Sep 2017 #116

Hinting it was murder is in itself a deflection from the very real problem... Kaleva Sep 2017 #117