Mary-Louise Parker states the obvious about Brad Pitt

Mary-Louise Parker recently mentionedBrad Pitt in an interview with Parade.com. The two had worked together while filming The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. It seems that Brad made quite the impression on her. She described him like this:
“Brad is actually a lovely, smart person, not to mention gorgeous. People just project so much onto him and Angelina [Jolie] which isn’t true. I just find it so bizarre. It’s like you’ve never been in the room with this person, much less met them but you’re convinced as to who they are and what they’re [sic] morality is.”
You know, that’s exactly it, isn’t it? The people who spout nothing but disdain for either Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie - or both - are almost always people who don’t know them. Take this snarky column in The Globe and Mail (Canadian newspaper). The author writes on and on about how neither of them deserve any of the attention they get in the media, particularly Angelina Jolie; she refers to her as a mediocre actress and seems unimpressed by Angie’s work with the UNHCR. She claims the only reason that we have any interest in the couple at all is because the media has managed to drag out the story of the Jen/Brad breakup and the Brad/Angie hook up for years and other than that, there’s nothing interesting about them.
Of course, I have trouble taking someone seriously when they title their column “Bored with Brangie” and then proceed to write about these so-called boring people for over 20 paragraphs. I don’t know about you, but when someone or something bores me I tend to ignore it rather than waste my time blathering on and on about it.
But while people criticize them constantly, it’s interesting to note that for the most part, the people who really do know Brad and Angelina have nothing but good things to say. Mary-Louise Parker isn’t the first person I’ve heard refer to Brad as smart. People constantly mention how nice they both are. The ones who actually know them and spend time with them are generally very positive. Take this article over at People where Wanted co-stars described Angelina as “a cool woman” and Brad as “a good dude”.
So why is it that people who have never exchanged a word with them feel so negative towards them? It’s interesting, this whole double-edged sword of fame. I’m not sure how well I could handle it. Readers here never see the occasional comments that come through the moderation queue where people passing through rip me apart, saying nasty things about me (and it might be more meaningful if they were brave enough to leave an actual authentic email address instead of a fake one), but believe me, they’re there at least once a week. It’s only a handful of snark among so many great comments so it doesn’t bother me, but I don’t know how I could handle the kind of negativity that gets thrown at Brad, Angelina, and so many other celebrities on a regular basis. I guess that’s why so many of them refuse to read the tabloids at all.
That’s why I’m always so glad to read something like Mary-Louise Parker’s comments because it means much more to the fans to read something from people who actually interact with the Jolie-Pitt family, don’t you agree?
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56 opinions for Mary-Louise Parker states the obvious about Brad Pitt
Jennifer
Jun 17, 2008 at 8:06 am
There will always be people who are jealous…why else do people say things about people they don’t know? I say it’s jealousy. Unless you’re perfect you have no right to judge anyone else…seems all the colonmunists like to judge and I think we all know they’re not perfect! :)
happyforthem
Jun 17, 2008 at 8:38 am
Unconventional people or those who live by their own rules always upset those who must have rules by which to live…additionally those who need those rules are the first to correct and have distain. The only reason I am here at this website is because of my love of the depth of integrity that these 2 must have to live their truth and I find comfort because I align with that expression of living. The fact that they have a rainbow family, and the amount of energy they cultivate in not only taking care of themselves, but being altruistic; I admire tremendously. Yesterday when I viewed the family video, I can see the close connection between AJ & Mad - then I could see how AJ & BP taught Z to overcome her fear of the papz by laughing and pointing at them, creating a game of it all. I imagine that is how they live, by making their family sphere of the highest quality and a place where they feel safe and joyous.
Neela
Jun 17, 2008 at 8:51 am
I’m glad Mary Louise said this, and it is interesting that someone would babble on about somebody that supposedly bores them. Sounds more like that person who wrote that column is a bitter person; she’s not bored with them, she just doesn’t like Brad and Angie … then again, if one doesn’t like someone, why waste time on them.
Sherry, sorry to hear you are harangued by some hateful people who take the time to click on this site. But you’re an awesome person, so, I’m glad you’re not too bothered by those asinine comments.
Becca
Jun 17, 2008 at 9:24 am
To be honest, I think it will always come down to people being jealous. Also, and I hate to bring this up, but the whole Jen/Brad/Ange “love-triangle”. Don’t get me wrong, I thought Jennifer was really good on friends, but she was supposedly “America’s sweetheart”, and Brad supposedly broke her heart. People are always going to associate them with that and strong Jennifer fans are always going to blame them. I think that even thought they good a huge amount of work for charities and such like, they will always be blamed for that, even though no one knows what really happened.
I think these two factors combined is why so much negative stuff is printed about them
Rose
Jun 17, 2008 at 9:56 am
I enjoy your website very much. It’s nice to read positive articles about Brad and Angelina. I think they are fabulous and so are you!
sarita
Jun 17, 2008 at 10:03 am
I write for a blog, too, and the nasty comments can really sting. But you are such a great presence it’s hard to imagine anyone taking issue with your measured, lovely writing!
But that’s the point…people will be nasty about anything if they can. It’s so easy to complain and hate! But that people actually criticize Angie for her humanitarian efforts is truly pathetic; that they criticize her for her fame is hypocritical, since by talking about her they just make her more famous. Ange and Brad have to be pretty tough; but it’s so refreshing to hear them speak and to realize that true love and a family cut through a lot of the bull.
D
Jun 17, 2008 at 10:06 am
rose said it all just before me sherry :)
Phoebe
Jun 17, 2008 at 10:40 am
well this negative journalist was right about one thing SADLY: Angie became more media attention after she got together with Pitt. which truly is a shame because she always was this gorgeous woman which she is now. she did all the humanitary work before and she was also a good actress before. but today people are interested in their private life and less in their actions. its sad, but reality.
please don´t take this the wrong way but i have to ask: did any co-star ever speak negativly about his fellow actor? (generally) the way i see it people in Hollywood who have nothing good to say usually say nothing.
and of course Brangelina get alot of negative comments thats sadly the business. all we can do is not support such things because we know better. to be fair, we don´t know them either. but i am sure we can believe people like MAry-Louise. i for one are pretty sure she is right.
Dudu!
Jun 17, 2008 at 10:53 am
i try to not give attention to these tabs!
but it really anoyes me when people dont know them say some craps about them!
but i love them and your site and you are GREATE!
buy the way a video of angie talking about Wanted!
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1589402/story.jhtml
Dudu!
Jun 17, 2008 at 10:56 am
*By* the way!!!
ligaya
Jun 17, 2008 at 11:17 am
Yes nowadays, celebrities sometimes talk bad about each other. It makes sense that people working on the same project would put it & their co-workers in the best light to make the movie a success. So I judge how truthful or sincere a person is, how much to believe her/him: do they know each other, have they worked together, what my opinion of the teller is, & what my opinion is of the person being talked about.
It used to be, pre-1960s or so, nobody used to talk bad about anybody else in the business - bad manners. Or if they did, it wasn’t covered by the non-existent internet & the handful of entertainment media.
Since then, I’ve noticed that most indiustry people still won’t talk bad about each other -because of manners or because they might work together some time & want to avoid hard feelings. Some people exercise their freedom of speech and speak whatever’s on their mind. I think a lot of the more recent younger celebrities say whatever & behave however they want because they don’t think about the consequences.
Mary Ann
Jun 17, 2008 at 11:23 am
I feel that the people who write these horrible and sometimes dirty comments don’t even respect or like themselves. On JJ there could be 300 comments, 200 good, 100 from the usual bashers day after day. If you don’t like the JP’s why would you even be reading the story. I pass by real quick any story I don’t have an interest in.
Laura
Jun 17, 2008 at 11:44 am
But that’s just it. Their peers and co-workers describe them in such a fond light. While the media, rags on them. I don’t think there’s a celebrity in the world that isn’t to some degree dumped on by the media. I just find it astounding the degree to which they go to ridicule them. I have seen articles portraying them as unfit parents. But that’s where I draw the line. I couldn’t write an article about Brad or Angie as parents because guess what, I don’t know them. The same goes for these tabloids. It’s one thing to judge their acting work, even if they give it negative reviews which I don’t agree with. It’s quite another to judge something based off of what their “sources” have told them.
kim
Jun 17, 2008 at 11:48 am
The Globe and Mail is not a tab it is a Canadian national news paper, a true news paper. I do not read it because it is so left wing it is not even funny and they report their opinions not the news. On the other hand must news papers only report thier oppinions and not the facts, so sad. It may be that the Globe and Mail have discovered Ms. Jolie’s oppinions about justice and the war, and have decided that she is not on thier side so have attacked her. This is fairly common for this paper, ask our politicans (except the NDP, who can do no wrong in the paper’s opnion, but they can’t win an election if thier life depended on it.
I also find that it is not just the people who dislike the jolie-pits that form inacurate opinions on them, but us (the fans) as well. For instance if one of us as a fan believes something like a dislike for guns, we believe AJ as an UN ambsitor would also dislike them. What you have to understand that seeing the horror that some of the people in the world go through and knowing who has done this to these children and woman, it would be very hard not to want to go out and claim justice in the name of the injured.
kim
Jun 17, 2008 at 11:50 am
sorry for all the grammar and spelling mistakes above the computer posted before I was done correcting it.
Original jpf
Jun 17, 2008 at 11:53 am
I couldn’t agree more Sherry. Specifically it’s all about Angelina more than Brad. Think about it; had they never gotten together, the negative issues with either would be quite limited, but since they are together, and apart from those who simply wanted Brad to remain Ken to Jennifer Aniston’s Barbie (I don’t dislike her so please dont think that’s a dig. It’s more that in the fans eye, this perfect golden image was destroyed by Brad wi/Angelina’s help.)
There’s such a need to critic Angelina more I think because she doesn’t care what anyone thinks of her or her decisions. Some seem to despise that she has the courage to own her decisions and their outcome no matter how it may end up and that kind of bravery and honesty about ones life seems to be intimidating/enviable, and something many won’t dare do, but they hate that others DO dare take chances instead of “woulda coulda shoulda.” There are those like myself who love how she’s lived her life, and then there are those who can only respond in the negative about every move she makes because they’re to scared to move themselves.
Kari
Jun 17, 2008 at 11:53 am
Sherry,
If you to go sony.aol.com
there is a heading about the photocover AJ recently did. But in addition if you scroll through the pictures there are some great, clear pictures of the property in Southern France (if nothing else, sigh…)
Original jpf
Jun 17, 2008 at 11:56 am
I planned on editing but clicked accidentally. I think you’re smart enough to understand it all. :)
Randi
Jun 17, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Oh I absolutely agree with you! Wouldn’t it be even nicer if we could meet them and judge for ourselves? *sigh* wishful thinking, I guess :)
Rulani
Jun 17, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Errrr Kim .. I live in Toronto and the GLOBE AND MAIL is most decidedly RIGHT WING ..they are not in anyway or form considered Left wing or even a little bit right of center they are far right along with the National Post. In Toronto aside from the independent weeklys like NOW mag the other anything that closely resembles anything leftist is Toronto Star.
PS Jack Layton of the NDP and anyone who supports workers, working poor and exploited are number one in my book and to some extent I think Ms Jolie does too!
Magnolia
Jun 17, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I was wondering whether any of you had seen the article in the yahoo news entertainment section.
It was about Billy Bob Thourton comments to AskMen magazine in refference to Angelina Jolie.
He said some really negative things about Angelina Jolie and Brad, it was pretty bad, I was really taken aback.
I guess he is jealous of Brad after all. Maybe it just hi him that he will never find some one like Angie agian.
I am sorry I am rambaling but to be more specific he said that Angie was just going thru a High school faze with brad and that she would get over it.
And then he said that when she does he may or may not be there for her.
I am going to go find the link to this now but it was AskMen which is usually a reputable source.
Sherry
Jun 17, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Magnolia, I read that somewhere or other too but I didn’t take it as being a serious statement. BBT has a quirky sense of humor and I think he was joking around. I could be totally wrong but I read it as a joke, like “Oh haha, yep she’ll leave Brad Pitt and come back to me any day now, haha”.
stephanie
Jun 17, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Sherry, just to let you know, Ange did an interview over at MTV News about Wanted! It’s great! :D
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1589416&vid=250482
Jhoey27
Jun 17, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I see no importance to bore myself on envious much less ignorant people. If they find pleasure in spitting on Angie and Brad, so be it, at the end of the day when everything is over, the one above is the only one who has the right to judge us. And where do you think those ignorant once stand, in the bottomless pit then Angie and Brad will be at the penthouse.
Neela
Jun 17, 2008 at 2:31 pm
magnolia, bbt’s rep just went on record to access hollywood that he never said that, and in fact, an article wherein he allegedly made those comments could not be found on the askmen.com site.
so, it’s just one of those rumors that got out of hand.
Phoebe
Jun 17, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Thanks for your answer Ligaya….i remember that everytime someone said negative things about Brangelina it all turned out to be a rumor, the best and actual example BBT. i had the same thought that actors working together would put their co-workers in the best light to make the movie a success. but Sherry is right, Mary-Louise stated the obvious and many others already said that, so there is no doubt about believing her.
Matilda
Jun 17, 2008 at 3:57 pm
So many things bother me about this. It’s a relief to commune with a lot of like minded folks, I have to tell you all. If I were Angie and Brad, I don’t think I’d be able to cope with the criticism and negativity. They are strong, strong people. Very few people must know what their world is really like. I’m sure that the people who surround them in their day to day life are fairly normal, and treat them with the common decency that anyone would in the actual presence of another person (as opposed to the anonymity of a computer keyboard, where everyone feels free to take a pot shot).
It bothers me that so much of the criticism is levelled at Angelina, while Brad is usually seen as the stable one, as well. I know we had this discussion already… but it’s been on my mind more lately with some of the vile new parenting criticisms that have surfaced (that fake nanny confessions that the kids eat only junk, that they’re out of control, etc etc). It’s horrible - who could slander a child? Why is Angelina always the neurotic mother, battling anorexia, alcoholism, overworking, neglecting the children, etc etc? Anyone who listens to her, or Brad, or anyone who has been around them knows what slander it is, yet it still gets printed. I wonder if the people who write it have children, and how they would feel if someone wrote a similar thing about their parenting abilities?
BlessBrangelina
Jun 17, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Thanks Sherry, a good topic to discuss. Am sorry that you are the brant of some people’s disgruntled/childish behaviour.
We appreciate your hard work.
I agree with mostly everyone. But I do think that if MLP, CateB or Common were just being nice, they would have just made “generic” comments. Such as “she’s nice, or he/she’s ok!” Or as someone said not comment at all!
I think both Cate and MLP have now on record, challenged the image the media feeds people, as false. They have both had the opportunity to work/associate for long periods with Brad and Angie.
@Neela, that’s just abominable isn’t it, putting words in people’s mouths like the tabloids do? I read that on another site.
I bet this denial by BBT will not be printed far and wide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<<
isacutie
Jun 17, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Interesting discussion, Sherry. I read the Globe and Mail column and I cringed as I did so. Whenever I read articles on the JPs, I try to keep an open mind (knowing that not everyone like them) and also put it in my mind that so much of what is written about them is actually junk. But reading this piece by this Lynn Crosbie lady, it was difficult not to be upset. I particularly do not like her implication that Angie runs after married/taken men. While that may seem true superficially, none of us know what really went on in these relationships. Granted, she has every right to her opinion, but it’s sad again when people who do not know them personally makes comments such as hers.
So it really is a good thing when those people who know them and who have worked with them say that they are good people. I’m sure not everyone in movieland believe in or like them, but for the most part, they seem to well-liked. And since these people have first hand experience, I believe them. As BlessBrangelina said, I also think these people, if they don’t really like them, will just say generic comments or not comment at all. I don’t think they’re that hypocritical.
I agree with what Original jpf said, that the need to criticize Angie is because she doesn’t really pay attention to what others think about how she lives her life and that she has the courage to make decisions and take their consequences. She said it best in her EW interview when asked why she thinks she’s a polarizing figure: “I’d like to think it’s because I’m not neither here nor there in my life. I think anybody that makes a decision about where they stand is going to cause strong opinions about them. But I think that’s what you should be hoping for in life, so I take that as a very good sign. That some people support me and some people really don’t like me tells me that I’m making decisions and I’m standing strong for something I believe in. I’m making choices in life. And that’s the right thing to do.” BRAVO, ANGIE!
Dj
Jun 17, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Sherry,
I love your site! Keep on sharing!!!
angela
Jun 17, 2008 at 7:09 pm
i smell jealousy from the author.
ligaya
Jun 17, 2008 at 8:09 pm
http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2008/06/jolie_just_your_normal_everyda.php
McAvoy dished to “Extra” about the lovely Jolie, saying, “As crazy as her life is, or as big a humungous superstar as she is, she’s just very approachable, very normal. You can have a good old chat with her.” James also revealed that Pitt and their four children, Maddox, Zahara, Pax and Shiloh, visited the “Wanted” set, and that they are “very nice people, very chilled out.”
Magnolia
Jun 17, 2008 at 8:36 pm
I see, another stupid rumor made up by the haters.
Thanks for clarifying that Sherry. I am glad BBT rep nibbed in the bud right away but as some one else mentioned this wont be published real far.
Now what I am most suprised about is the manipulation and stupidity of the media.
I mean this was on yahoo news.
I didn’t have to do anything other then to sighn on to yahoo and sure enough there was news of angie printed as truth.
I think of them as a good source so I was immdieatly just taken aback by what BBT supposedly said as it really is nothing like all the great things he has said about her in the past.
Even when I went to do some fact checking of my own and found no article on Ask Men it still didn’t hit me that this was a bunch of BS.
I guess I won’t trust anything that I don’t see coming out of there own mouth , ha I guess thats what it comes down to.
InAgreement
Jun 17, 2008 at 10:24 pm
I think Miss Parker’s comments and the extended discussion by Sherry can, and must, be applied to all celebrities.
“You know, that’s exactly it, isn’t it? The people who spout nothing but disdain for INSERT CELEBRITY NAME HERE are almost always people who don’t know them.”
It is unreasonable to think we can know or fully understand the personal goings-on of these famous strangers. It is, therefore, unproductive to make assumptions or to assign blame or praise regarding private relationships.
I assert that great individuals do not always make compatible couples. The worth of each person is not necessarily diminished because the couple chooses to part.
Simply because we hear or read a celebrity interview or enjoy one of his/her movies does not mean we really know that person.
I am quite sure that I would not trust any one of these people to care for my own children. They are strangers to me no matter how many times their names appear on this or that top ten list.
Rach
Jun 17, 2008 at 11:32 pm
First and foremost i’d like to thank you, Sherry, for making this a safe haven for me and all the other people that admire this amazing family. For filtering out all the negative and hurtful comments about a family that i love and yourself because i go on so many websites and see alot of hatred off people that don’t even know much about them..knowing just what they read in unreliable magazines etc. I also see alot of love out there for them but it’s always the negative comments that get to me more. So thank you for not allowing that rubbish to get through. Secondly, as far as i know BBT loves Angelina and would never say a bad thing about her. That’s the impression i’ve got so i doubt he would’ve made hostile comments about Brad and Ange without joking about it like Sherry suggested. From what i see everyone that knows Brad and Ange on a personal level really admire them and the people that hate them seem to be jealous idiots that speak nonsense. I mean they could try give us some valid comments atleast. On the whole i find it kind of funny that people could hate such a normal, generous and beautiful family. I think it says alot about the person you are if you have those kind of feelings about good people and people you don’t know…
Phoebe
Jun 18, 2008 at 5:55 am
Angie was asked once if she payed attention to the things the press says about her and she answered like i would have expected it. that she just ignores the mags and lives her life.
THATS the only correct thing to do and i think that ANgie is self-confident enough to know that its just junk even if she would read it. she knows that there are people who love her or dislike her, thats only normal.
living in the Hollywood business i guess people must be accustomed to this.
ZK
Jun 18, 2008 at 8:07 am
Rulani beat me to it……but it’s true, the Globe and Mail is a RIGHT WING rag! That, and the National Post (and CTV of course). It’s embarrassing to say that we actually have right wing papers or TV stations in this liberal country. You expect that in the U.S, but not here.
I wouldn’t put too much stock in anything I read in those papers.
kim
Jun 18, 2008 at 8:09 am
Rulani
Jun 17, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Errrr Kim .. I live in Toronto and the GLOBE AND MAIL is most decidedly RIGHT WING ..they are not in anyway or form considered Left wing or even a little bit right of center they are far right along with the National Post.
Rulani,
If you think the globe and mail is right wing, then you don’t know your left from your right. I also live in Ontario, and lived in Toronto for many years. I have lived in every major centre in Ontario, at one time or another, as well as from one coast to the other. I have no problem with the globe or the NDP it takes all kinds. All I suggest to you is to read some of the history of Ontario and Canada, then you may have a better understanding of the province and of Canada.
rulani
Jun 18, 2008 at 5:02 pm
I currently reside in Toronto,midtown on Yonge line.Just google globe and mail , national post etc.And um Kim so we are on thes ame page right wing = conservative , neo -con, pro capitalism, pro Harper,John Tory etc
left wing= liberal , tries to be pro-socialism , mixed economy and so forth, pro David Miller and the Montreal head of the Liberals (i forget his name)
Besides the history of a paper or publication really can be different from its current position .e.g the Pre civil war Republican Party in the US and what it represents now. Globe and Mail are right wing maybe they didnt start off that way eons ago but now, today in 2008 they are abt as right wing as USA Today and thats just the reality of it!
jessica
Jun 18, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Hello Sherry, it would be brave of you to list all comments without screening them first, i.e. your “moderation”. That way your site would be more honest. So even if you choose to be biased, your readers would weigh in with other viewpoints. As it is, you only allow comments to be posted if they reflect your viewpoint. Angelina always welcomes any and all questions and opinions - check out her interviews. That’s one thing I respect about her. There are other things I don’t. But, on your website - there is no free speech. Only your censorship.
Sherry
Jun 19, 2008 at 5:04 am
Jessica - I don’t personally select who is moderated. Wordpress, the software that runs this blog, is what flags comments to be moderated. Sometimes I know why, other times I have no clue why a comment is flagged.
As for deleting comments and not being honest? It is not necessary for anyone here to read the comments that wish physical harm on the Jolie-Pitt children, the comments that say disgusting and horrifying and scary comments about them (things that are illegal and sexual involving their children, enough said, but I’m sure some long time readers here remember the time that one person’s comment somehow slipped through for 20 minutes before I caught it and related to what Brad could do to Shiloh - disgusting).
And I don’t have any desire to give people a spotlight when their comments are a personal attack on ME. That’s my choice. You don’t need to read the comments that call me a “f**king b**ch” or a “f**king w**re” or that make fun of my life. That’s not what this site is about.
If I allow the negative and snarky comments through then this entire site becomes nothing more than people fighting in the comments. This site has never been about that and I won’t allow it.
If you wish to read nasty comments, trust me there are countless places to find them. Check out any of the paparazzi official sites, JJ, and more. You can read nastiness to your heart’s content. You won’t read it here.
Sherry
Jun 19, 2008 at 5:08 am
Shouldn’t post before my morning coffee. I also meant to add that there have been many debates on this site and trust me, I haven’t always agreed with everyone who comments. I do let people have an opposing point of view but it can’t be nasty.
Mary Ann
Jun 19, 2008 at 7:02 am
Sherry, all I will say is: YOU ARE RIGHT. This is why I only come to this site to comment.
Neela
Jun 19, 2008 at 7:26 am
sherry, thanks for keeping this site as positive as possible. and thanks for letting people agree to disagree on here. i agree, the unnecessary comments that promote nastiness, that provoke fighting doesn’t need to be posted. i know i’ve gotten carried away before. ;) but it’s appreciated that you give everyone respectable, proper, and decent “air time” on this blog.
kim
Jun 19, 2008 at 8:28 am
rulani
Jun 18, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Just because a news paper gives detailed reports on finances does not make it a Right wing news paper. Your ‘Toronto center of the world’ attitude is common and one of the reasons I would never live there again.
BAMPZS fan
Jun 19, 2008 at 8:30 am
tHERE SEEMS TO BE A LACK OF RESPECT FOR ANYONE OR ANYTHING THESE DAYS. tHE PRESS HAS NO RESPECT FOR WORLD LEADERS. FREE SPEACH HAS GONE TOO FAR. LOOK HOW TEACHERS ARE TREATED. I AM IN MY 50′S AND IF I SPOKE TO AN ADULT WITH A TONE I WAS EITHER SLAPPED IN THE MOUTH OR MY MOUTH WAS WASHED OUT WITH SOAP. TO THIS DAY I TREAT EVERYONE WITH RESPECT UNTIL THEY HAVE PROVEN TO ME THEY DON’T DESERVE IT, THEN I JUST IGNORE THEM. THERE IS NO NEED TO ATTACK EACH OTHER.
BAMPZS fan
Jun 19, 2008 at 8:34 am
sHERRY,
THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I LOVE THIS SITE AND COME TO IT SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE DAY.
AS FAR AS THE JEN/BRAD/ANGIE THING. I TRULLY BELIEVE IF JEN WOULD HAVE HAD KIDS THERE WOULD BE NO BRAD AND ANGIE.
kim
Jun 19, 2008 at 8:35 am
Oh and I was not talking about the history of the news paper, I was talking about the history of Canada, and Ontario and our heritage in this country, something that some of us are very proud of (being 8th generation Canadian). And I never feel the need to compare Canada to the US as they are two very different countries sharing the same continent. And just so we are clear I am in my 30’s and not from eon’s ago.
Rita
Jun 19, 2008 at 12:17 pm
actualy kim, it seems that rulani is correct regarding the Globe and the Mail’s CURRENT politcal stance. In the 1990’s and 2000’s, the paper generally supported liberal prime minsters, BUT in the 2006 federal election, the paper turned away from liberals and TO the Conservative Party of Canada.
Furthermore, not sure how much the paper trully comprehensive about the “common” person. Even before the Globe merged with the Mail and Empire, the paper was widely considered the voice of the Upper Canada elite.
This is not a criticism, just some info.
rulani
Jun 19, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Thanks Rita and ZK for stating the facts .@ Kim I never mocked the history of Ontario or Canada.I was commenting on the Globe and Mail statement you made which was grossly inaccurate as is this “Just because a news paper gives detailed reports on finances does not make it a Right wing news paper”..the Toronto Star gives detailed financial reports ..It is the stance and the lean of the articles as well as whom it panders to that determines which side of the line it belongs. I may only have been here 7 years but have accepted this country as my own like many of my fellow immigrants(like your own ancestors as the first nation people are the true people of this beautiful land) who have made it their home. Stating facts isnt a crime. Toronto is the only multi-cultural city in this province go elsewhere and I will be hard pressed finding people that look like me. If that is the “heritage” you are talking abt then I am glad i decided on Toronto and will live here as long as it remains the welcoming MOSAIC that it is. I thought i wasnt being offensive or confrontational but from your spirited responses it seems so. Dont be angry with reality!
ZK
Jun 20, 2008 at 7:26 am
Kim dear, no disrespect, but I also live in Toronto (and LOVE it)…..but it is common knowledge that the Globe and National Post are, in fact, right-wing papers.
Canada is experiencing a real problem with our media in this country, one that Americans are only too familiar with. We’re losing independent voices because of media conglomerates. And if you do some research, you’ll see most of it is indeed right-wing these days. (sadly)
kim
Jun 20, 2008 at 8:18 am
Like I have said before Toronto has a whole different view as to what is right wing or left wing. I know a lot of people who would like to see Toronto become its own province. This is the last I will say on this subject.
Laura
Jun 20, 2008 at 4:35 pm
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208085,00.html
Angie is described as ‘very chilled out’ by her Wanted castmates.
Kay
Jun 22, 2008 at 9:16 am
kim, I’m not sure about what you mean by “a whole different view as to what is right wing or left wing.” Aren’t those universally defined? first I’ve heard that there are different views about left & right…hmmmm.
lu
Jun 23, 2008 at 12:21 am
Angie, you and Brad continue procreating babies, is your mission.
Me
Aug 4, 2008 at 1:34 pm
I agree with you, but the same goes to you, how can you defend them when you don’t even know them?
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