Posted by miss d at cwilbur.commsrv.indiana.edu on November 07, 2002 at 14:08:05:
In Reply to: Maybe I should clarify posted by KSmithee on November 07, 2002 at 13:32:56:
: People get married quickly all the time not just celebrities. How many times someone has been married, divorce, etc. is none of our business. The sewing circle gossipy shit is annoying. Would you go up to a complete stranger on the street and say "You shouldn't get married to her, she is thrice divorced"? I doubt it. Just because they are celebrities does not give us the right to think we can give them marriage advice or comment at all on their love life.
You're right. It does happen all the time. The fact that we say something doesn't mean we're getting into somebody's business though. You can state your opinion without getting in someone's business, or being all gossipy like. And like I said, that's what I think he was trying to do - he just didn't expound his thought well.
And, no, I wouldn't walk up to anybody and tell them they shouldn't marry someone, but that's not what he said either. He said some time should be taken. That's a reasonable opinion. I said *that* to a friend when she got married. Did she listen or even agree with me then? No, but she understood it was my opinion and respected it, just like I didn't agree with her decision, but I respected her right to make that decision, and was even her maid of honor. It's merely an opinion, and we all know what they say about opinions. But it wasn't the gossipy crap we've been subjected to.
: Me commenting about parents taking their children to see Jackass is totally different. I am not being specific in any accusation. I am not naming names or pointing fingers. I was just generalizing.
Hence my point that he should not have specifically named Jennifer Lopez.