It seems to me that most the sweeping changes we've seen brought about by "one person", have been by a person who was "average".
Someone who other "average" people could rally behind. The trouble with The Stars, is that most people seem to relate through fantasy. I love Fox, and who didn't love Super Man, and, hey, what about Farrah? Maybe my "one person change" theory doesn't hold water, but I just don't see the solution in The Stars. And surely not to the point, that I'd hold them to some standard I don't hold myself to. Say I was molested as a child. Should I feel bad if I'm not out "spreading the word" about molestation? If I have Lupus, should I be out there at the steps of congress (so to speak) "raising awareness"? Is it sad that I'm not out there trying to save "just one person"? Any person is capable of "changing the world". And hell, if all of us could just fucking decide that it's changed, that that would be that-- but we don't. Ah well. I guess I'll cede the idea that a Star has the same "message spreading" power as a muggle, since you're quite right-- some of them are quite the conduits. But I won't cede the idea that it's wrong to hold them to standards we don't hold ourselves to. If someone wants to change the world by spreading their story, that's all well and good, but it's not a requirement. Free will git-dang *rocks*, my friend, *rocks*. Privacy *fucking rocks* too. Maybe somehow the two are even related, but that's a whole 'nuther email. =]3n -- If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded. Thomas Carlyle On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:299827 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
