tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14489139.post6206242435423600774..comments2007-04-13T16:00:15.393-04:00Scott Montyhttps://profiles.google.com/118216759969087724610noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14489139.post-79103319014899891472007-04-13T16:00:00.000-04:002007-04-13T16:00:00.000-04:00The cancer was only mentioned as a tangential aside about the actor's life, in which he had something in common with Jeremy Brett, and had no influence on the jest other than that.<BR/><BR/>Don't worry, Scott. You included it as an element to add realism to the post so we could all be suckered in. I know most people see it that way.<BR/><BR/>(note: cancer has affected my family great deal, and I wasn't the least bit offended)Ann Margaret Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00352195253065712465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14489139.post-72996608309465758152007-04-10T15:16:00.000-04:002007-04-10T15:16:00.000-04:00Well, Mark, now I can at least address you by name. Thank you for contributing. I leave the "Anonymous" comment option open so as not to require readers to register with Blogger. Most sign their names within the body of the comment, so their comment isn't anonymous.<BR/><BR/>As far as your take on the distastefulness of mentioning a disease in the context of a joke, I can only say I'm sorry. I certainly didn't intend to offend anyone nor do I make light of a disease that has claimed more than its fair share of my own family.<BR/><BR/>Cancer was not the main topic of the original post, nor would I ever make it so. I'm sorry that it created a problem for you.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17710406470860389078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14489139.post-51061544682375067752007-04-09T17:07:00.000-04:002007-04-09T17:07:00.000-04:00My name's Mark- not sure how that helps you. If you find anonymous criticism on a blog 'intrusive' (and I really don't see how that can be), why do you leave yourself open to it?<BR/><BR/>I'm just not sure how a personal matter like losing a person to cancer has any part in a public joke like this. It's very distasteful. Leaves a bad taste in the mouth. <BR/>Just because something is in the public domain does not mean it has a part to play in a light-hearted gag: especially a matter of private grief. Please have more respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14489139.post-8947614941378247562007-04-07T13:13:00.000-04:002007-04-07T13:13:00.000-04:00Dear Anonymous,<BR/>I'm sorry you feel that way. I didn't joke abot the cancer, and if you take the trouble to look around, it's not intrusive - it's in the public domain. <BR/><BR/>Now dropping anonymous criticisms on a blog - that's intrusive. It would be nice to know with whom I'm corresponding.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17710406470860389078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14489139.post-55394191248374163062007-04-07T07:52:00.000-04:002007-04-07T07:52:00.000-04:00I'm not sure how losing a partner to cancer is something to be 'joked' about. Very intrusive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14489139.post-73443373580051063882007-04-02T03:36:00.000-04:002007-04-02T03:36:00.000-04:00There never was any truth to the rumour that Crowe is playing the part, however. So why people continue to believe that and not bother to check the sources or look for Crowe's comment where he said it's not true is even more foolish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14489139.post-37824529222575399432007-04-02T03:33:00.000-04:002007-04-02T03:33:00.000-04:00I should have been prepared, but I so wanted your report to be true, Scott... (You know how to be cruel, don't you?)<BR/><BR/>RogerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14489139.post-54561057466761590442007-04-02T00:01:00.000-04:002007-04-02T00:01:00.000-04:00Glad you enjoyed it - and caught on, Ann.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17710406470860389078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14489139.post-13507995843986873802007-04-01T18:30:00.000-04:002007-04-01T18:30:00.000-04:00You had me going there, Scott, until I clicked on the "Background Information."<BR/><BR/>Sneaky.Ann Margaret Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00352195253065712465noreply@blogger.com