On Thu, 3 May 2001, tim maughan wrote: > i think this discussion is less about being "haters" (although i have no > love for mobys music), and more about the moral obligations (if any) of > artists/celebritys (which moby has quite obviously become).
Fair enough. In general I feel like people who aren't actively evil are exceptional enough to warrant praise, and people that actually go out of their way to do good are front page news. I don't think anyone is morally obligated to do anything. No one asked to be born, anyway, and we're all freestyling. Money doesn't change that. And being a celebrity is a total joke. When someone is a celebrity, all it means is their face has been hijacked by agents and record companies and whoever else because there's money to be made. Some people collaborate willingly in this celebrification -- hell they want to get paid too. But it has nothing to do with who they really are. All this Noblesse Oblige shit is ridiculous. Celebrities with causes pimp them for publicity. They go on do-gooder photo ops. I would have a lot more respect for someone who just took food to AIDS patients, or sent goats to Honduras, without contracting a publicist to get it on Entertainment Tonight.
