Friday, March 04, 2005
Martha Stewart
"When she gets out of prison,she's Nelson Mandela,not some disgraced personality" Neal Gabler,media critic.
Say it ain't so.Martha Stewart and Nelson Mandela in the same breath? Try as much as I can,I cannot find any similarities.Martha Stewart,big CEO of a business empire.Mandela,struggling to promote equal rights for a race.Ms Stewart went to jail for selling shares in some company based on a tip off(or some jazz like that).Mandela,accused of treason was sentenced to life imprisonment and only released after 27 years.Mind you Mandela did hard time on Robben Island that even affected his health.Martha Stewart spent five measly months in jail where from all reports she did not suffer unduly.Indeed much is made of how slim and trim she got while in jail.
Mandela did not have any company whose stocks rose while he was incarcerated and on his release there was no reality show waiting for him.Neither did he have any private jet waiting to whisk him off to one of his palatial mansions.For sure the world did not hold its collective breath as Martha Stewart walked out her prison.As my friend puts it one is a crook and the other is a distinguished gentleman.
I like Martha Stewart,she is a woman who built on her catering skills to become the force in domestic products.Probably,I would have taken the tip too if I were in her position.But Nelson Mandela she is not and the attempts to even draw any similiarity is insulting to people's intelligence.Not to mention how it reduces Nelson Mandela.
Say it ain't so.Martha Stewart and Nelson Mandela in the same breath? Try as much as I can,I cannot find any similarities.Martha Stewart,big CEO of a business empire.Mandela,struggling to promote equal rights for a race.Ms Stewart went to jail for selling shares in some company based on a tip off(or some jazz like that).Mandela,accused of treason was sentenced to life imprisonment and only released after 27 years.Mind you Mandela did hard time on Robben Island that even affected his health.Martha Stewart spent five measly months in jail where from all reports she did not suffer unduly.Indeed much is made of how slim and trim she got while in jail.
Mandela did not have any company whose stocks rose while he was incarcerated and on his release there was no reality show waiting for him.Neither did he have any private jet waiting to whisk him off to one of his palatial mansions.For sure the world did not hold its collective breath as Martha Stewart walked out her prison.As my friend puts it one is a crook and the other is a distinguished gentleman.
I like Martha Stewart,she is a woman who built on her catering skills to become the force in domestic products.Probably,I would have taken the tip too if I were in her position.But Nelson Mandela she is not and the attempts to even draw any similiarity is insulting to people's intelligence.Not to mention how it reduces Nelson Mandela.
# posted by Abeni @ 8:03 AM 
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Hi Kami, Can't say I like or dislike Martha Stewart. I agree with you though, a Mandela she is not. She did her thing got caught did her time and therefore??? It does not make her a hero.
But wha de rahtid...comparing Martha and Nelson.... No can do.
She was a corporate crook, he a political prisioner. Enuff sed.
True Virgo, I think it was high time they started cracking down on alla dem corporate crooks and scandals. Democrat or Republicant. We the tax payers been suffering too much because of their greed.
She was a corporate crook, he a political prisioner. Enuff sed.
True Virgo, I think it was high time they started cracking down on alla dem corporate crooks and scandals. Democrat or Republicant. We the tax payers been suffering too much because of their greed.
no offense anyone. But I do not thik she should have served jail sentense I dont think she is a crook. And I think the biggest crook in the worls is our B*** himself who has squandered away money so much that devil itself would feel blushed!
thats just a silly comparison. clearly someone who didnt think through his statement carefully.
as camp said corporate crook vs political prisioner. and yea maybe if shew as republioican she would not have done time but regardless of political affiliation she's still a crook
as camp said corporate crook vs political prisioner. and yea maybe if shew as republioican she would not have done time but regardless of political affiliation she's still a crook
I believe she got a lot of flack because she was a woman and most people thought she was arrogant etc.Therefore,they were happy to see her cut down to size
Well, firstly, the laws they used to lock her up are just stupid. If you learn that the stock you have your money in gwine to drop, what they expect you to do, just hold on to them. Stupid law.
Still, she really shouldn't be compared to Mandela. Nothing about her even smacks of heroism, whereas Mandela is a true blue hero.
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Still, she really shouldn't be compared to Mandela. Nothing about her even smacks of heroism, whereas Mandela is a true blue hero.
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