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In reply to the discussion: Radio Pranksters Who Posed as Queen Pulled Off Air After Nurse's Death [View all]NYC Liberal
(20,132 posts)46. I hope you're enjoying your selective outrage here.
The fact is you are looking for someone, anyone to blame without considering what actually happened. Instead of spewing your outrage at the people most responsible in this instance -- those being the people in the media who hyped this by playing the tape over and over, and whipping everyone into a hysterical frenzy of outrage -- you put all blame on someone who literally said hello and asked how Catherine was doing.
You want the beginning of the call? I didn't include it because it's even more innocuous than the bit I did post. Here you go:
Receptionist: Hello, good morning, King Edward VII Hospital.
Greig (Queen voice): Oh hello there, could I please speak to Kate please, my granddaughter.
Receptionist: Oh yes, just hold on maam.
Greig: Thank you.
Greig (Queen voice): Oh hello there, could I please speak to Kate please, my granddaughter.
Receptionist: Oh yes, just hold on maam.
Greig: Thank you.
They literally only said "Hello, can I speak to Kate?" And the receptionist put the call through. Actually, the incompetence is pretty amazing. Someone calls and simply asks to the Duchess of Cambridge -- with a terribly fake English accent, no less -- and they are put through right away to her nurse, no questions asked. Incredible.
So please, spare me the outrage. This is a tragedy and not grabbing the pitchforks doesn't make it any less of one.
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Radio Pranksters Who Posed as Queen Pulled Off Air After Nurse's Death [View all]
The Straight Story
Dec 2012
OP
Sadly nothing will be done. This is truly a sad story because the young woman was doing her job.
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#3
And I hope they will carry the guilt of their deed for the rest of their lives. n/t
RebelOne
Dec 2012
#5
Or I could simply said that they are not at fault for someone committing suicide,
NYC Liberal
Dec 2012
#37
So if Scott walkers secretary would have killed herself then that was ok? Same fucking thing!
Logical
Dec 2012
#17
yes, that's why it's different from things callign news shows which is where they should
JI7
Dec 2012
#23
Well . . . since we all had a good laugh at Scott Walker's expense. And before him, at . . . .
Stinky The Clown
Dec 2012
#42
WTF are you talking about? The point is that we love pranks when they make fun of the GOP!
Logical
Dec 2012
#43
Don't do something that can put a person's job at risk. That's when things stop being funny.
Michigan Alum
Dec 2012
#22
"Don't make someone a worldwide laughingstock" is a good rule of thumb, too
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#25