• Michael Schumacher

    From Matt Larkin@21:1/5 to Alan Baker on Mon Sep 13 03:56:20 2021
    On Friday, 10 September 2021 at 17:19:13 UTC+1, Alan Baker wrote:
    On 2021-09-10 8:34 a.m., Sir Tim wrote:
    Matt Larkin <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thursday, 9 September 2021 at 20:52:48 UTC+1, Calum wrote:
    On 08/09/2021 21:58, Geoff May wrote:
    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/sep/08/michael-schumachers-wife-provides-update-on-former-f1-world-champion
    Sounds like essentially no change since he was brought out of his
    induced coma, then. Unsurprising, but sad to think of all of them living >>> like that.

    I don't think I'm any more curious than the average man in the street, and
    I can completely understand their privacy stance. OTOH I can't help but feel
    that a well managed media appointment to give a clear statement of MS's >> state of health would do a lot to park the issue for now and forever.

    We don't have any right to have the insight, but it is human nature to be curious
    and I'm sure there must be a burden of maintaining the more or less
    secretive approach which could be relieved with a dignified press report. >>
    I can quite understand why the behaviour of some journalists after the accident would have appalled Corinna and made her determined to keep details of Michael’s condition private. However he owes his fame and fortune to the fans who paid to watch him (not all of whom are ghoulish) and I do believe that they should have been kept better informed about his progress.

    He may "owe" his fame and fortune to the fans...

    ...but he doesn't owe them his personal life.
    Yes, agree with that. None of us have the right to info about him post-accident
    BUT it is a pretty natural curiosity which I think will only actually be lanced by
    some more info. Otherwise the family will have to continue to manage the tight control; and only they can judge whether that remains worth the effort to them.

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  • From Alan Baker@21:1/5 to Halmyre on Tue Sep 14 00:21:44 2021
    On 2021-09-13 12:01 a.m., Halmyre wrote:
    On Friday, September 10, 2021 at 5:19:13 PM UTC+1, Alan Baker wrote:
    On 2021-09-10 8:34 a.m., Sir Tim wrote:
    Matt Larkin <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thursday, 9 September 2021 at 20:52:48 UTC+1, Calum wrote:
    On 08/09/2021 21:58, Geoff May wrote:
    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/sep/08/michael-schumachers-wife-provides-update-on-former-f1-world-champion
    Sounds like essentially no change since he was brought out of his
    induced coma, then. Unsurprising, but sad to think of all of them living >>>>> like that.

    I don't think I'm any more curious than the average man in the street, and >>>> I can completely understand their privacy stance. OTOH I can't help but feel
    that a well managed media appointment to give a clear statement of MS's >>>> state of health would do a lot to park the issue for now and forever.

    We don't have any right to have the insight, but it is human nature to be curious
    and I'm sure there must be a burden of maintaining the more or less
    secretive approach which could be relieved with a dignified press report. >>>>
    I can quite understand why the behaviour of some journalists after the
    accident would have appalled Corinna and made her determined to keep
    details of Michael’s condition private. However he owes his fame and
    fortune to the fans who paid to watch him (not all of whom are ghoulish) >>> and I do believe that they should have been kept better informed about his >>> progress.

    He may "owe" his fame and fortune to the fans...

    ...but he doesn't owe them his personal life.

    He doesn't even owe his fame and fortune to his fans. That came from his driving ability.

    No.

    His driving ability gets him the wins...

    ...but it's the fans who make it lucrative.


    The only people who owe their fame and fortune to fans are reality TV stars.


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