On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:47:30 +0200 "Jonathan A Dunlap" <jdun...@outlook.com> wrote:
> Simply I believe the people > who have the most respect or fame in the industry need to be the > most careful about their expression. I agree with that, but only because being well-known leads to a much higher change of being quoted out-of-context in a very widespread, or even deliberately sensationalized manner. Therefore, they (unfortunately) have to be careful what they say publicly simply for their own sake. > Just like any parent to > child relationship, be aware that others may emulate your > behavior and cross boundaries where you had carefully walked the > line. That I don't agree with at all. If person X, famous or not, is seen smoking and person Y thinks "Wow, that person's great I wanna do every dumb fuck thing they do (because I'm apparently a stupid fucking shit who can't think for myself, and can't be expected to)" and then gets hooked on nicotine gets lung cancer, etc, then it's purely person Y's *own* dumbshit fault. Blaming person X for that, famous or not, would be a ridiculous shifting of responsibilities on par with blaming some music band, or blaming JD Salinger, etc. A person, famous or not, cannot rationally be held responsible for what the masses of idiots they've never even met will end up doing out of their own colossal stupidity.
