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ping Bruce
On 9/7/2016 7:08 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 9/7/2016 4:05 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 9/7/2016 6:32 PM, 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
>>>>>
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>>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> So she should not have an opportunity to follow her dream? Success in
>> not guaranteed and it is hard work. Maybe he did exploit but he also
>> gave her the chance no one else did.
>
> But if you were in that position, wouldn't you have given her the chance
> WITHOUT exploiting her? Cowell could have done so.
I would hope so, but I'm not in that business so I don't know how it
works in detail. Nor have we seen her contract.
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