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Started by Peter Vos
Thu, 09 Apr 1992 01:01
Arthur Ashe and USA Today: What happened to simple decency?
Author: Peter Vos
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 01:01
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 01:01
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I think that USA Today has committed an unforgivable act. They have maliciously and intentionally invaded Mr. Ashe's privacy. They have knowningly inflicted pain and suffering on him and his family. They have no good justification for this exercise in yellow journalism. Mr. Ashe is no longer a public figure. He is not active in political, commercial, or athletic venues where any (even weak) claims can be made that the public has a "right to know". I think it is a crime that a man who has ALWAYS carried himself with dignity both on the court and off should be laid low by opportunistic miscreants working for a cartoon tabloid that panders to the worst instincts of its semi-literate customers. There is no pressing issue here that needs to be revealed for public consumption NOW. There is no justification of first amendment rights OBLIGATING USA Today to wreak havoc on Mr. Ashe and his family. Someday Mr. Ashe will die. Then, the facts presented in the context of an obituary that paid homage to a truly great American would be relevant. Then, one could say "How horrible. He deserved better." But this wanton assault is degrading and disgusting.
Re: Arthur Ashe and USA Today: What happened to simple decency?
Author: Charles Packer
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 11:22
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 11:22
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Re: Arthur Ashe and USA Today: What happened to simple decency?
Author: REVENGE OF THE KILLER TOMATOES
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 13:46
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 13:46
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In article <1992Apr9.010107.9746@alw.nih.gov>, vos@helix.nih.gov (Peter Vos) writes... [article condemning USA Todays invasion of privacy of Arthur Ashe by announcing he had AIDS, so original article] While I support your point about privacy 100%, has it not come to a sad state of affairs when one is "laid low" by the revelation that you have caught a terminal disease through blood transfusion. Why should someone have to be ashamed? Is the knowledge you mat die soon not enough? I could never understand just how or why people are so horrible to AIDS victims, especially those who have caught it as a result of medical negligence/ignorance. How can anyone treat the dying like this? Especially those so called Christians who see this as some kind of Devine punishment - it seems like a strange way to punish people, giving them a terminal disease because they had a blood transfusion for treatment of haemophilia or during major surgery..... Philip A. Carney On Exchange from Lancaster University, Texas A&M University, TX England. **********ALL VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE MY OWN, NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF************** ******TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY, LANCASTER UNIVERSITY OR THEIR ASSOCIATES********** "The lust for power is rooted not in strength, but in weakness..." - Erich Fromm
Re: Arthur Ashe and USA Today: What happened to simple decency?
Author: Mark J. Rinehart
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 19:10
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 19:10
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In article <9APR199208465608@zeus.tamu.edu> pac9897@zeus.tamu.edu (REVENGE OF THE KILLER TOMATOES) writes: > In article <1992Apr9.010107.9746@alw.nih.gov>, vos@helix.nih.gov (Peter Vos) > writes... > [article condemning USA Todays invasion of privacy of Arthur Ashe by announcing > he had AIDS, so original article] > While I support your point about privacy 100%, has it not come to a sad state > of affairs when one is "laid low" by the revelation that you have > caught a terminal disease through blood transfusion. Why should someone > have to be ashamed? Is the knowledge you mat die soon not enough? No one has to be ashamed. And surely, Mr. Ashe is not ashamed. He is angry, and I don't blame him. Once again, the media has shown their complete contempt for the privacy issue. > I could never understand just how or why people are so horrible to AIDS > victims, especially those who have caught it as a result of medical > negligence/ignorance. How can anyone treat the dying like this? Especially Got news for you. It's not only AIDS victims. My father died of cancer and for the last several months of his life, people he worked with for 17 years - people who he liked and cared about alot and who liked him very much - treated him like he was a piece of dogshit on their shoes. Thankfully, he had lots of *real* friends and family who sat with him, laughed with him, cried with him, prayed with him, gave him positive support and helped him spend his last days in relative peace. mark
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