Slow news day? Woman calls a letter from the PM an "insult"

[GommeInc]

Just been watching the news on TV, does anyone else think this woman is a waste of time and space in the news?

Gordon Brown has telephoned a bereaved mother to apologise after apparently misspelling the name of her dead soldier son in a letter of sympathy.

Guardsman Jamie Janes, 20, from Brighton, East Sussex, was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan in October.

The Sun newspaper said his mother Jacqui had called the prime minister's letter a "hastily scrawled insult".

But Mr Brown's spokesman said he was "very sorry for the way that Mrs Janes feels about the letter".

He added the prime minister was "deeply mortified to think he may have offended the family".

Guardsman Janes, of 1st Battalion The Grenadier Guards, was killed in an explosion while on foot patrol in Helmand province.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8349757.stm

I'm not a fan of Gordon Brown, but this isn't an insult. She should be glad the Prime Minister wrote her a letter of condolence about the loss of her son, not barking and biting back because he misspelt "Janes" as "James". He's only human, and in the real world (something her somewhat deluded mind cannot understand), no-one would give a rats arse about their surname, or forename being misspelt, so what makes this woman special? Nothing :/ What, does she expect to frame it and tell everyone "Look! I've had a letter from Gordon Brown!" The ungrateful woman should of kindly written back that the letter had the wrong name on it. In the news report, the ungrateful woman even told the news that she "disregarded" reading the rest of the letter, just because of the small spelling mistakes and poor handwriting.

Yes, her son was killed in the war, it's kinda expected and the PM wrote a handwritten letter, that should be enough. Her complaints that it was hard to read are stupid too, his handwriting is naturally terrible, possibly due to his eyesight. Even if it wasn't, who cares? Again, she expects this man to be perfect in body and of mind, and write a letter in perfect form. I've had letters that don't meet my expectations of clarity, but I don't winge about them because it is the meaning and emotion behind the words that count. He writes in felt-tip all the time, the BBC even shown library footage of him writing in felt-tip pen in speeches and conferences!

I pity anyone who is dyslexic or arthritic who comes in contact with this woman :/ Especially when she writes to The Sun about it, who will lap it up even though it goes against basic human decency and gratitude.

Seriously, what on earth is wrong with people now-a-days? If she uses the "mourning card", she needs a slap.

EDIT: Letter to the woman. "(something)" means "I have no idea what word he meant".

Dear Mrs James (Janes)

It is with the greetst? (greatest) of
sadness that I write to offer
you and yur (your) family my
personal condolencs (condolences) on
the death of your son, Jamie, I heard?
from colleagus (colleages) that Jamie was
a brave, selfless and wholly
professional soldier who was hels
in high request (something) and
regard by all who worked
with him. I hope that
words can offer little comfort
at a time of grief
but I hope that, with time,
you will find some
comfort in your son's
great courage and bravery
and in the huge (something)
he made to the security
of our country. If I can
help in any way, please
tell me.

My sincere condolences,
Yours sincerely


Gordon Brown

It is badly worded and some words you can only barely make out, but it's disgusting she takes into no account that Prime Minister is offering out a hand of help (near the end of the letter) and completely chucks it back in his face :/ Loads of people on The Sun website agree, she's ungrateful :/

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...ame-right.html

[Callum.]

he did spell a lot of things incorrectly, including he put james instead of janes.

and he didn't bow for something or other.

make news out of nothing these days.

[GommeInc]

he did spell a lot of things incorrectly, including he put james instead of janes.

and he didn't bow for something or other.

make news out of nothing these days.

At least he went to the ceremony :/ Again, they overlook simple facts and in this day and age, bowing doesn't show anything, you could be thinking about porn while bowing and people would think you're a saint.

[Jack.Lfc]

Brown has very poor eyesight, and it's long since been acknowledged that he suffers from dyslexia.

Atleast she got a letter, she's just after the publicity.

[Nixt]

Quite frankly I think it is ridiculous that this woman is responding in such a way. At a time she should be grieving her son she is getting all hung up about a few misspellings on a letter that was written out of kindness and good intent. It really is something that the PM has taken the time to hand write such a letter. She should be grateful, I most certainly would be.

[Jack.Lfc]

Dr Mrs James ol:

[Nixt]

Dr Mrs James ol:

Always though 'Dr' is used as an abbreviation for 'dear' sometimes.

[Jack.Lfc]

Yeh it is but Her names Janes not James

[Nixt]

Yeh it is but Her names Janes not James

Yes I got that much - it's kinda the point of the thread. Lol.

[FlyingJesus]

It really is something that the PM has taken the time to hand write such a letter.

That's the bit that got me when I heard it (on me radiogrammastereophone) I was like what I didn't even know they did hand written letters and she's like YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST WORD PROCESSED IT as though that would have corrected her name for him... because Janes is obviously more common a word than James. Ridiculous