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Fr Feb 11 -

GO AWAY !

Once it was announced that Prince Charles and Camilla were going to get married, there was no end to it on our media. It was bad enough that they kept repeating it over and over again in diverse ways, but they also immediately sent in the British Brainwashing Brigade who instantly appeared on our TV screens telling us how we "have to feel."

*Even now there will be people who condemn him over his relationship with Camilla, but I think they will be in a very small minority.*

Well, you guess wrong, Mr Smarty!

They aren't my royalty; I'm an American. And I don't like people dictating to me how I have to feel! I have a right to feel any way I want to about it. And I happen to think this is very tacky.

Why tacky? Because she was alleged to have been so active in destroying his first marriage.

I just want them to disappear from my TV screen. I heard the announcement enough already. How long are they going to take over my viewing space?

*Today, it is clear that most people - partly as a result of some astute media management - recognise that they are now a genuine item.*

It's the part about the "astute media management" that severely aggravates me. It looked a lot like brainwashing to me. Thanks, but no thanks.

In addition to the tackiness, this event just fuels the conspiracy theories about how Diana so conveniently disappeared as an impediment to their marriage. The rumours were rife anyway; now they'll be proliferating. You probably couldn't sell it in a movie script because many people would find this chain of events too seemingly contrived.

Sorry to rain on your parade, Dude! But a simple announcement would have sufficed.

I'd like to skip the British Brainwashing Brigade.

:: By J Dimbleby - The Guardian ::

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