Of course they do, its some fairly basic social psychology. "People" ascribe greater value to someone else's opinion because of their celebrity status. If you want to stop it you're going to have to change the fundimental nature of people. Either that or selectively remove free speech right from certain people. Which to me strikes me as another step towards a dictatorship
Give it some thought. You're more likey to give greater weight to Ben Forta's opinions on things than let say Joe Smith's opinion. larry On 6/24/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nope, I know they have every right to speak their mind. I am a VERY big > proponent of free speech. In fact, I stayed out of the flag debate for > fear that I might piss off a lot of people with my opinions on the > subject. The situations aren't all that different, IMO. You want to > burn a flag? Fine. That's your right. If I'm around you , however, > you'll pay for it. > > I just am voicing my opinion that I think that they shouldn't use their > position of "power" to preach their views to a large audience. If they > want to, that is their right. I just don't like it. Too many people in > this country listen to celebrities as their chief source of information > on political issues. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161932 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
