Comments on: Montel Williams will blow you up http://theblemish.com/2007/12/montel-williams-will-blow-you-up/ Better than a slap to the face Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim http://theblemish.com/2007/12/montel-williams-will-blow-you-up/#comment-36292 Tim Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:51:31 +0000 http://theblemish.com/2007/12/montel-williams-will-blow-you-up/#comment-36292 ...the part that you left out was the fact that the reporters he threatened to blow up were high schoolers who work with an intern program at the newspaper. Real classy Montel. Those scary 17 year old reporters, I tell you what... …the part that you left out was the fact that the reporters he threatened to blow up were high schoolers who work with an intern program at the newspaper. Real classy Montel. Those scary 17 year old reporters, I tell you what…

]]> By: Perry de Havilland http://theblemish.com/2007/12/montel-williams-will-blow-you-up/#comment-36249 Perry de Havilland Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:09:25 +0000 http://theblemish.com/2007/12/montel-williams-will-blow-you-up/#comment-36249 And moreover it was a perfectly legitimate question. The guy would seem to have a personality disorder, and that is the polite version of what I really think. And moreover it was a perfectly legitimate question. The guy would seem to have a personality disorder, and that is the polite version of what I really think.

]]> By: Lisa Emrich http://theblemish.com/2007/12/montel-williams-will-blow-you-up/#comment-36235 Lisa Emrich Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:09:35 +0000 http://theblemish.com/2007/12/montel-williams-will-blow-you-up/#comment-36235 Excerpt from my own blog early yesterday: Montel Williams has multiple sclerosis, as do I, and has been the visible image of PPArx since . Now I've got my own opinions as to the quality of assistance which Billy Tauzin and his Orange Bus purport to provide needy individuals. [see <a href="http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/2007/08/phrma-and-pparx-how-much-are-they.html" rel="nofollow">PhRMA and PPArx: How much are they really helping patients in need?</a>] Previously, I've given Williams the benefit of the doubt regarding the use of his image to promote a glossed-over PR concoction. I have no doubt wondered as to the level of compensation the Big Pharma lobby may be providing him, but I've let it go. <a href="http://brassandivory.blogspot.com/2007/12/is-montel-williams-disturbed-by-big.html" rel="nofollow">Is Montel Williams Disturbed by Big Pharma?</a> Also, as someone with MS, I understand the type of pain (as Ken Johnson eluded to) which can become so distracting as to limit one's emotional control. But this is not the same as 'pseudobulbar affect' which is characterized by inappropriate emotional outbursts, ie. laughing uncontrollably at something sad. In my opinion, Montel's behavior was inexcusable and should not be blamed on MS. In no way should he have jumped to the conclusion that Ms. Scott had ulterior motives. His behavior was simply inappropriate in normal circumstances, much less as the representative of a program which supposedly helps patients in need. Excerpt from my own blog early yesterday:

Montel Williams has multiple sclerosis, as do I, and has been the visible image of PPArx since . Now I’ve got my own opinions as to the quality of assistance which Billy Tauzin and his Orange Bus purport to provide needy individuals. [see PhRMA and PPArx: How much are they really helping patients in need?]

Previously, I’ve given Williams the benefit of the doubt regarding the use of his image to promote a glossed-over PR concoction. I have no doubt wondered as to the level of compensation the Big Pharma lobby may be providing him, but I’ve let it go.

Is Montel Williams Disturbed by Big Pharma?

Also, as someone with MS, I understand the type of pain (as Ken Johnson eluded to) which can become so distracting as to limit one’s emotional control. But this is not the same as ‘pseudobulbar affect’ which is characterized by inappropriate emotional outbursts, ie. laughing uncontrollably at something sad.

In my opinion, Montel’s behavior was inexcusable and should not be blamed on MS. In no way should he have jumped to the conclusion that Ms. Scott had ulterior motives. His behavior was simply inappropriate in normal circumstances, much less as the representative of a program which supposedly helps patients in need.

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