In the latest news
to emerge from the world of “Hollywood”, formerly sensible across Naomi Watts
claims she has had messages from the late Princess to confirm that it’s alright
for her to play the part of Diana in the upcoming film about her life.
Apparently Ms Watts
has confirmed that she "felt Diana's presence during the film. I asked her
if I could carry on - and she gave me permission”.
What absolute tosh.
That actors are
somewhat deluded will not come as much of a surprise to most people. That they
are now also able to liaise with the dead is a more unexpected development.
However, before we snigger up our sleeves, let’s recognise the commercial
possibilities here, for they are endless.
How long now before
some lucky author is contacted by Michael Jackson to ghost write his Bio –
perhaps we will finally really know what happened? But why stop there? Perhaps Bach
has a few more Brandenburg Concerto’s up his sleeve that he has spent the last
few centuries working up. I wonder which lucky composer he might be thinking of
approaching with his works. Will Genghis
Khan feel it’s about time to explain his invasion of medieval Europe to a ghost
writer (no pun intended), or perhaps Cicero will tell us more about the politics
of the Roman Empire. My guess is he might contact Silvio Berlusconi, a modern
day emperor if there ever was one, to help him.
Joking aside though,
the dead do not send us messages. That’s because they are dead. Anyone who believes that they do is deluding
themselves. And although Watts’s revelations are of themselves as harmless as
they are silly, its unsettling that there are people who believes they are
hearing messages in their heads or have some other form of supernatural guidance,
telling them what to do or what to say or, most seriously of all, how to treat
other people .
Terrible wrongs are
perpetrated by those convinced of the rightness of their ways. Often grounded
in delusional assumptions and beliefs, many of the world’s current problems and
conflicts can be traced back to these rigidly and fanatically held views.
It seems there is
no end in sight to the influence of these delusional views either, seemingly
stretching from Watt's harmless trivialities to the killing fields of the Middle
East….
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