I was not advocating that celebrities _do_ affect change, but that they _can_, if they chose to. Oprah is a great, and extreme, example (and someone whose audience might rival that of MJ).
I am also not saying that they can 'change the world', but every little bit helps. Michale J Fox brought a lot of attention to Parkinson's disease, Dick Clark brought a lot of attention to stoke patients. MJ could have, if he chose to, brought a lot of attention to vitiligo or lupus or child abuse. Would it have completely obliterated these from the planet? No, but I would argue if it had helped even one person it would have been worth it. People were (maybe still are?) paying thousands of dollars on eBay for his old records, I'd bet some of those fans may have donated money to charities benefiting whatever MJ wanted had he asked them to. On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 2:00 AM, denstar<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I disagree. Being a celebrity, especially one like MJ, gives you an >> instant audience willing to listen to whatever it is you want to say. >> Will there be nay-sayers? Of course, but overall, people will listen. >> I think the emotional reaction of his death by a lot of people >> demonstrates that he would reach a much larger audience with his >> message than all of us combined could reach with ours. > > I think part of what I was sorta kinda [maybe not] talking about was > this weird box people seem to put celebrities in. > > I mean, has "Star Power" /really/ affected that much change in > society? Like, you gotta hand it to Stevie Wonder for King Day, and > that "We are the world" tune (hey, looky /there/!) rocked, but, > seriously? *Music* seems to be pretty powerful... crazy... > *mumbleprobablysomesubliminalshitmumble* > > But how much weight does even a super famous person have (discounting > Oprah, who proves the rule)? > > I guess I just kinda doubt that people will "hear", even if they > listen. I mean, if it takes someone you see on T.V. or whatever... > bah. Probably just being pessimistic. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chp2u2ln8_E > > Anyways, MJ was a freaking bad-ass. > > http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2009/06/26/gal_jackson16.jpg > > Fucking Pepsi. > > -- > Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. > Shine on you crazy diamond. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299826 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
