Do you guys have that one mate who reads waaaay too much into every picture, article and word? You know, the one that thinks everything has more layers than a genetically-modified onion. They are often the miserable type, prone to rants and alienating people. Meet Jonathan Jones.
Jones happened across a photo of Prince Harry taking a photo of a Lesotho herder. The same Prince Harry whose charity supports a school for Aids orphans in the area. Jones then scrunched his panties into a wad, pulled out his typewriter and went nuts. Some excerpts from his Guardian piece below:
What is wrong with this picture? Where to start? It is a specious salmagundi of complacent assumptions and frightening arrogance…
The polarity here between a recipient and giver of charity is so archaic and insulting you wonder how anyone can keep a straight face. It truly is the rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate…
It is a staged, prettified version of rural Africa carefully selected so as not to be distressing.
The good news here is that no one has bitten. In fact, a brief look at the comments sections both here and here show that he has been called out as something of a drama queen. Must we really scrutinise so closely everything that poor ‘ol Harry does? To place such a burden on every aspect of his life is unfair, really.
One feels that this Mr. Jones may require a little lie down, coupled with a nice relaxing poo.
