Mandarin_Empress
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- May 3, 2011
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- Madison
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- United States
It's amazing how easily people can behave judgmentally when they aren't interacting with each other face-to-face, but over the Internet.
We scoff at the rich and famous when they complain because we believe that they have it so easy compared to us, but I believe that public life has its own (different!) challenges that we can't even begin to imagine because we've never been in the public eye. Yeah, sure, the couple have people around them to do things for them that we'd do for ourselves, but can we really handle having to stand outside for hours (often in inclement weather) while our senses of sight, smell, touch, and hearing are being overstimulated; while we know that our every move is being followed by a multitude of cameras that will beam live video all over the globe; and while we know that what we say, do, and wear can and will reflect well or badly on the royal family and the country we are representing?
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It's amazing how quickly these nine days have passed--it seemed like yesterday that they walked off the plane in Ottawa.
We scoff at the rich and famous when they complain because we believe that they have it so easy compared to us, but I believe that public life has its own (different!) challenges that we can't even begin to imagine because we've never been in the public eye. Yeah, sure, the couple have people around them to do things for them that we'd do for ourselves, but can we really handle having to stand outside for hours (often in inclement weather) while our senses of sight, smell, touch, and hearing are being overstimulated; while we know that our every move is being followed by a multitude of cameras that will beam live video all over the globe; and while we know that what we say, do, and wear can and will reflect well or badly on the royal family and the country we are representing?
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It's amazing how quickly these nine days have passed--it seemed like yesterday that they walked off the plane in Ottawa.
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