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#TeamSounder
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Posted by ATL
on March 22, 2024, 13:24:07, in reply to "
I just don’t understand the secrecy
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for multiple reasons.
dickish take: She's a public figure and on the dole in the UK.
utilitarian take: disclosing that she has cancer would have elicited sympathy and care, while keeping it a secret just fed conspiracists and bad actors at the expense of her family.
Message Thread:
Separate thread: Kate Middleton reveals cancer diagnosis.
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SurfTheBoneyard
March 22, 2024, 13:07:38
I can understand wanting her health to be her own business. But, I think it was the wrong way
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Taz
March 22, 2024, 14:55:30
Should have adopted the NHL convention: upper body injury or lower body injury
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bbonb
March 22, 2024, 14:50:29
Give me a break she could announce it when she was ready.*
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gullit
March 22, 2024, 13:51:08
Nah, Surf is right. This was a PR disaster. Not anticipating the furor is shockingly bad*
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PDO
March 23, 2024, 9:05:24
Ok then maybe don’t put out clearly altered pictures.*
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SurfTheBoneyard
March 22, 2024, 14:51:18
That’s awful. Agreed, this was really poorly mishandled
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Jackie
March 22, 2024, 13:12:07
Lloyd Austin's team can help!*
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ATL
March 22, 2024, 13:14:58
I know he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but William's had a lot of tragedy in his life*
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IlliniRunner
March 22, 2024, 13:14:36
I just don’t understand the secrecy
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Sounder
March 22, 2024, 13:13:34
#TeamSounder
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ATL
March 22, 2024, 13:24:07
I think the utilitarian take is you know what’s going to happen when you conceal it.
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tvillini
March 23, 2024, 9:28:14
Her health is none of our business*
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Mrap24
March 22, 2024, 13:19:37
I think being part of the royal family kind of makes it everyone's business in the UK*
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ECEIllinois
March 22, 2024, 13:28:16
I agree to an extent. They signed up for this.*
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SurfTheBoneyard
March 22, 2024, 13:48:22
Yep, she's probably the most famous woman in England and wife of the heir*
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Potomac
March 22, 2024, 13:30:24
Pardon me and truly no offense, but fuck that*
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Dikta
March 22, 2024, 13:18:36
Do you not think they made this much worse by being secretive?*
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Sounder
March 22, 2024, 13:37:07
Because the press basically hounded his mom to an early demise*
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IlliniRunner
March 22, 2024, 13:15:09
Maybe waiting to see whether they had removed it all?
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Potomac
March 22, 2024, 13:14:54
It got turned into suspicion by a bunch of internet trolls and the press*
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IlliniRunner
March 22, 2024, 13:11:45
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