FergieFan
Aristocracy
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Agreed. But the bitter and quite unseemly irony of this dislike for "public therapy" (disregarding the fact that she might genuinely need it) is that all those people who enjoy spitting venom against her (check the comments section of any newspaper these days) obviously are blind to the fact that THEY are indulging in a VERY public form of "therapy", of the basest and most unproductive kind, at the expense of another human being who, on top of everything, is exposed to the eyes of the world - while they are sitting behind their computer screens.
I do not understand this lack of "forgiveness" towards her (I have put the term in quotation marks because there is nothing for anyone unrelated to her TO forgive). She not Myra Hindley, for heaven's sake!
I feel I should add that I am no fan of Sarah; I don't even like her much... or at all (for strictly personal reasons).
But I'd rather be dead than ever to fall prey to such total and callous lack of basic human empathy.
Thank you. I have spoken.
I think you make sme very important points here about empathy, or the lack thereof. And as someone who, by your own admission, doesn't like Sarah on a personal level, your argument has far more force than it would from someone like myself. As you say, the comments on newspaper comments sections seem to be representative of human nature at it's worst.
The contributors on this site, I'm pleased to say, even those who are negative towards Sarah, do so with a sense of intelligence and logical
consistency that puts the debate on a different level. But I think that, without wanting to offend anybody, there is a certain lack of empathy in evidence in many people's arguments.
Personally, I really do believe that 'Finding Sarah' can be a form of catharsis for her, as well as a relaunch of the brand. And I don't see the problem with the two elements being combined.