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Entry: Diana Deserves Better Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/diana_deserves_better#4144 Post contents: What rubbish, Taki. Your mind is well and fully addled. Do you have the intelligence and insight of a true conservative commentator, Cal Thomas, who wrote recently on his site and the International Herald Tribune, and I quote: Greer says that in adulthood Diana became "more, rather than less, devious." It is a character assessment her adoring disciples are prepared to overlook. And then Greer writes this explosive line: "The story of how she emerged from her dowdy chrysalis to become the people's princess is often told, but what is seldom assessed is just how much of a performance this was." We are prepared to believe lies if they affirm our deepest desire to feel good, if not about ourselves, then about a goddess statue that can be as devoid of spiritual power as the false gods created by pagan peoples. How many women believe the old lie, "Of course I'll respect you in the morning," before climbing into bed with a man who doesn't even respect them in the evening? A measure of the power of the beauty cult can be found in the answer to a question. Suppose Diana had been the mistress of Prince Charles and Camilla were his first wife. If Camilla and not Diana had been killed in that Paris tunnel a decade ago, would the outpouring of grief from people who never met her have been as great? Surely not. No one celebrates or elevates plainness; less so, goodness. Where is the stadium event for Mother Teresa, who died the week after Diana? The media were forced to cover her funeral lest they be condemned as too superficial. That didn't last long. Sent at: 2008 09 07