On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 12:32:24 PM UTC-10, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On 9/7/2016 9:31 AM, Janet wrote:
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> >
> > >
> > > IMO Cowell has a great deal to answer for in commercially exploiting
> > > such a vulnerable person and exposing her to pressures that right from
> > > the start, she couldn't cope with. However, her saving grace is that she
> > > still lives in her original home and community. Susan Boyle will still
> > > be singing live to people who like to hear her, long after the
> > > entertainment world has forgotten Cowell.
> > >
> > > Janet UK
> > >
> >
> > I don't blame him. She said on stage she wanted to be a professional
> > singer. He gave her the opportunity.
>
> He knew she is mentally impaired and unstable from when she walked on
> stage that very first time. It was apparent in her bizarre behaviour,
> and the face Cowell made. As soon as she hit the headlines her lifetime
> intellectual and social impairments ( braindamaged at birth) was one of
> the most frequently reported things about her. She also has Aspergers .
>
> Janet UK.

Exceptional people, like regular people, don't want to be defined by their talents or handicaps. OTOH, when have we ever not exploited the talented and try to sweep the handicapped under the rug? One has to be careful about dreaming a dream because sometimes it comes true.


Atticus Finch: I remember when my daddy gave me that gun. He told me that I should never point it at anything in the house; and that he'd rather I'd shoot at tin cans in the backyard. But he said that sooner or later he supposed the temptation to go after birds would be too much, and that I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted - if I could hit 'em; but to remember it was a sin to kill a mockingbird.

Jem: Why?

Atticus Finch: Well, I reckon because mockingbirds don't do anything but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat people's gardens, don't nest in the corncrib, they don't do one thing but just sing their hearts out for us.