I Hope Your Children Die of Cancer!!??

Question

Should he have said it or not? Attributed to Hugh Grant in response to invasive behaviour by a photographer.

And aren`t there times when the unthinkable is called for?

I know when I interviewed Alfred Hitchcock back in 1972 we were talking about `Torn Curtain` and Hitch was saying how difficult it is actually to kill someone....to stick their head in an oven.

I asked if the film allusion referred to Auschwitz? and Hitch said that it did.

He finished off with, `And let`s see how THEY would like it`.

Et tu Brute???

What do you think?

Answer 1

good grief.... no, he shouldnt have said that, if indeed he did ... people should not be 'invasive' in peoples lives... but cursing them is not the answer....

Answer 2

To be fed up with the leeches from the paperazzi is one thing: to wish the death of their children is obscene indeed.
Mr. Hitchcock was referring to justice following murder, not the killing of the innocent for the parent's aggravating ways.
If Hugh Grant really said this then it means he's in danger of hell (see Matt 5:21,22). We all say things in the heat of the moment that we later regret, but still the hurt is caused, and the sore festers. That's why Jesus is so scathing in His attack on even our thoughts and words, as well as our misdeeds.
Therefore in answer to your question, the wishing for the death of the innocent for the crimes of their parents, which is what I regard as unthinkable, is NEVER, EVER called for.
Doubtless someone will ask about God demanding just that in PART of the OT, and will conveniently ignore (or be ignorant of) the verses that forbid the mistreatment of prisoners, etc. The (very few) cases when God demanded the death of infants is about a group of people who are so evil that their very seed is to be blotted out from the world as an abomination to God. Nevertheless the children, incapable of rational thought would have been accepted into heaven as David's first son with Bathsheba was. Therefore God was cutting them off from the demonic influence they would have been under due to parents' religious rituals. #it also would have stopped Israel from coming under the sway of false gods; that it failed is because the Israelites didn't realise such judgements were even more pressing on them.
Such a case shows the truth that all people are incapable of keeping God's Laws, therefore all need to be saved -- and that's where Jesus comes in.

Answer 3

Actions have consequences and whether you think those consequences are justified or not isn't really the issue. The issue should be 'what have I done to p!ss this person off so badly that made him say such an awful thing?' Whilst these actors should accept that being photographed is a part of being famous, the photographers themselves should also realise that they are still people who sometimes just have bad days and, like a lot of people, they may sometimes also think about just hiding away from it all. Then some idiot goes and shoves a camera in their faces and the photographer cries "poor me" when they get yelled at or have something thrown at them. These photographers need to take some responsibility and face the fact that sometimes their intrusion just isn't welcome.

Answer 4

Hugh Grant actually said that???? Beggers belief! He's just made himself out to be a total moron. He's a bloke who's always lived his life in the limelight (and I'm sure he wouldn't much like it if he suddenly lost favour with the papparazzi and became a no-one) so, no matter what, he should act and respond to whatever the situation in a dignified and socially acceptable manner - whether he likes it or not. I've always thought he was a childish, pompous, I love me git and we should all boycot his next load of drabble film. I wouldn't say anything like that to my worst enemy!

Answer 5

While this is a pretty harsh thing to say, we do not have a full account of the incident.

The laws of this country give few rights of privacy to an adult and negligible entitlement of physical action to exclude the obtrusive.
My sympathies lie with Hugh Grant who was forced into a what was possibly a criminal action due to a severe defect in English law.

Answer 6

Hugh Grant's lawyers are denying that he said those comments, but are not denying that he assaulted the paparazzo. In any case, I think he should be given the benefit of the doubt as nobody knows the truth at this stage.

Answer 7

No he shouldn't have said it but then again he doesn't have kids, he probably wouldn't have said if he had kids. personally I'd have just gone in and shut the door and had mi beans.
and has for Alfred well i thing in this day and age we are all in titled to are own opinions right or wrong as the case maybe everyone has them. lucky you been able to interview such a famous person of the movie history.

Answer 8

If Hugh Grant did say that, he should definitely apologise to the photographer, and the photographer only. There would be no need to make a public apology.

Answer 9

Yes there are times to use horrible statements like that.

The great prophet, marilyn manson, once told a heretical stage diver: "If you keep coming up here, you're gonna get beaten or raped!"

and the followers of manson did cheer at these words.

Answer 10

I didn't know he had actually said this - but in my opinion this is one of the worst possible things you can say to someone, and I wouldn't even say it to my worst enemy. Children are so innocent, but I wouldn't even wish the disease on an adult. My husband has had cancer 3 times, and it is horrendous, the treatment makes you more poorly than the disease itself at times.

So no, he should not have said it.

Answer 11

Yes, I would like to stick Hugh Grant's head in a microwave.