Saying No to the Culture of Death

Whenever a person becomes famous for something like a sporting activity, it does not take long before the MSM starts what is a witch hunt against the person. The excuse for the behaviour of the MSM happens to be that they believe that if a person is in the public eye then they have a right to expose every little dirty secret to the public, even if it ends up in a suicide, or damaging the person's good name, or death by accident.

Lady Diana, the Princess of Wales died as a result of a car accident that might or might not have been caused by those mongrels known as the paparazzi. These mongrels without a doubt do not deserve to be fed with the big dollars for the way in which they breach the privacy of others. From the moment that Lady Diana Spenser agreed to become the wife of the Prince of Wales, she became fair game for the media circus pack. Time and again her privacy was breached and even now that she is dead, the media circus has not let up. The behaviour of the media in this case, and in the case of other high profile stars can only be described as Tall Poppy Syndrome.

There is a case here in Australia where a woman in West Australia committed suicide because of a scandal involving her divorce. She was a woman in the public eye and some very private matters were aired in the parliament for the sole purpose of the material being used against another parliamentarian. That woman committed suicide because she could not handle what had happened in the Parliament. It was a very sad case and the woman most responsible for the events and death that took place now sits in the Federal Parliament. When she was questioned over the matter that was brought before a parliamentary inquiry into the tragedy, Carmen Lawrence suffered a severe case of amnesia, and so she was let off the hook.

This case happened many years ago, and I mention it in a cursory way because it serves to illustrate how even the Tall Poppy Syndrome is a clear part of the Culture of death. People who make a habit of bringing others down are participating in the death of a person's reputation. The MSM continues to be a scourge to the movie, sports and television stars. Every single trivial incident is reported because these people are there, in the public eye and they are rich. The journalists do not like rich people, unless they are also rich, and even then that does not stop them attempting to ruin others. Sometimes they invent stories just to sell their magazines and newspapers, and when they do that they cause a lot of hurt to the person involved.

The Tall Poppy Syndrome is not confined to the MSM and it can be found in the community and in the workplace. It only takes one person to spread lies about another person to see the results of jealousy in the workplace. Talking behind another person's back is definitely bad news. Gathering together and plotting against the person is worse than just the gossip. This kind of behaviour exists in the corporate workplace, and the perpetrator can always come across as the innocent or injured party, leaving the other person exposed, and looking bad in the boss's eyes. People who indulge in such behaviour can be easily described as passive-aggressive, because they are in fact out to harm the reputation of the other person.

Tall Poppy Syndrome is most destructive when the individual who is being targeted is very sensitive. It can also lead to a lack of trust in some individuals and cause division. Take for example the situation of a Parish Priest whose every move is being watched, and reported to the Bishop. If he is a sensitive man, then this will have a very bad effect upon his health. The people responsible seem to think that they have a right to write letters to the Bishop over the slightest of supposed mistakes. The behaviour of the few who are acting very self-righteous can cause the mental breakdown of that priest, or even other health problems. Either way, Tall Poppy Syndrome is very harmful and it hurts the reputations of others.

People who belive in being a part of the culture of life have no business attempting to bring others down, and that includes putting pressure on a parish priest in order to force him to leave the parish, whether for health reasons, or because he was forced to leave by the Bishop. The Press always use the excuse that they print the stories that people want to hear, but I wonder how true that might be, because I personally stopped reading the women's magazines when they stopped having the knitting and crochet, and became more trashy in content. The media circus tries to dictate what we read and they fill their rags with stories about movie and television stars, making revelations that are not true, and attempting to destroy the good will of the star's fans.

This is not a rant against those stars who have made mistakes in their lives, it is a rant against the way in which those mistakes get taken up by the media circus in order to make that person look like a real jerk. For example, Mel Gibson was caught DUI and he said something in his drunken rage at being caught. The press released information about the tirade, and hey presto, Gibson's reputation in Hollywood took a nose dive. The remark was not meant for public consumption, and really we have become too politically correct if we take offence every time someone makes a similar tirade, whether it is against Jews, Christians or Muslims.