Comments on: Angelina Jolie says her family is her top priority

By: KDRockstar

KDRockstar — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:09:41 +0000

I was going to throw in my tuppence, but Kaiser said it much more eloquently than I could…

As for the dream life of living simply on a farm – it sounds glam, but trust me, shoveling poo, fixing fences, and getting kicked by horses is not romantic living.

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By: Kaiser

Kaiser — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:27:30 +0000

@Baho – *shrug* It’s my opinion. I consider Angie a feminist icon and one of my *many* role models because I identify with her journey from girl to woman. I think she came through being a very messed up girl by embracing motherhood and humanitarian activism.

And no, she rarely “depends on a man” – financially, emotionally or otherwise. she spent most of her twenties alone, or being a single mother to Maddox, and has spent her early thirties in a committed relationship, while still maintaining her own identity.

Frankly, if Simone de “Beat me again Jean-Paul Sartre” Beauvoir is a feminist icon, Angelina more than qualifies. But again, just my opinion.

And where your mother might be your *role model* (as my mother is) I doubt she’s iconic.

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By: helix

helix — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:07:34 +0000

Angelina Jolie is abeutiful and sexy

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By: BB

BB — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:07:38 +0000

She looks a lot younger without make-up, doesn’t she?

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By: geronimo

geronimo — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:03:16 +0000

I love the way some people pick every single thing AJ says apart and examine it sourly under a begrudging little microscope.

TM – loved your post, so much truth and humanity in it.

I hope AJ & BP get married, purely for selfish reasons: I want to see Queen Z and Shiloh as chief bridesmaids.

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By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:11:27 +0000

O dear, so much criticism; if AJ DID read what was written about her she might not give so many ‘frank’ interviews – and she is very open and forthcoming. We all might be embarrased by what we’d said if it were in print for all-time for anyone to analyse. I love the way she is so ‘open and frank / forthcoming’.
I read / heard that some 75% of U.S. citizens do not have a passport, which is maybe because the U.S is so vast and varied it is suffice for most to travel within the continent. Whereas, in the U.K. (tiny by comparison),we tend to travel quite extensively- to Europe, Australia & NZ, Thailand, the |U.S. & South-America . . . . especially in our younger-years, 18-35-ish. My eldest, 25 can’t get enough of international travel-currently studying PhD in Alaska!!
BUT the socialisation of a child is paramount; they need to mix and relate to others of same ages- not necessarily from the same culture (at age 6, my first best friend was from India-her family having immigrated to Uk from India and I found her culture very educational when visiting her home).
When one’s children are under 11yrs,it’s easier to take them ‘far and away’, BUT unless they have f/t tutoring from 11 onwards they are disadvantaged with this lifestyle both academically and socially. But I’m sure AJ & Brad will be guided by their children’s needs as and when problems occur- as they grow into adolescence.
I fully believe ‘travel broadens the mind’; during the 1970s I travelled overland to Nepal and was shocked to see poverty, women’s enslavement and life without the essential infrastructure . . . this did reorientate my outlook and I never ever again felt I could complain about my ‘lot’ in the U.K.

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By: TM

TM — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:34:50 +0000

sometimes living in the most deprave side of the world is the reason why you have no humanity or feeling left cause if you do…you’ll not survive very long…….it usually died around the time you hv to sell your body / got rape/ became a child soldier…etc…..sigh!!! The thing that makes the difference is love.
The people that I saw with very little yet have such a big heart have so much love for each other with each other. Call it corny or whatever but that’s the truth!!
I am always grateful to hv my life, hving the father that I hv bcos even though we never had luxury….there was always abundant of love. And from what I can see, Angie and Brad love their children unconditionally and abundantly!! That my friends , that will make the difference.

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By: Oh duhh

Oh duhh — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:05:43 +0000

Some people live in the most deprived locations in the world but they still lack humanity ..hello did you forget about the genocide in Rwanda??? People over there killed their own kind. At least Angelina is teaching her kids the right values.

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By: Mimi

Mimi — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:46:02 +0000

“I want them to be able to walk through a marketplace in Adis Ababa and not bat and eye, not think it is dirty and ugly, but that it just represents another part of the world and humanity.”

You get the real taste of humanity if you lived there fully for say two years! Heck, Angie, you only go there to TRAVEL. Put Zahara back in Addis Ababa when she grows up, she’d probably turn up her nose and demand to be flown on a private jet plane outta there in a week!

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By: pamela

pamela — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:29:00 +0000

TM,

So eloquently said. I think Angie and Brad want their children to be world citizens, and to accept all people and places the same.

If more people were raised with tolerance, the world would be a far better place. At least these children would be spared the mean-spiritedness that is so prevalent in the American society now.

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