Paula Abdul may be charged in Hit and Run

[J Heartless Slick]

Originally posted by: Jfrag Teh Foul

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Call it inadequacies in my own life, but something in me gets warm and fuzzy when celebs are caught for things like this. I guess it's their larger and life getting a dose of reality.

For me it just confirms that the celebs are not the gods their worshiping fans want them to be. This kind of stuff just brings them back down to earth and usually reveals that they are a pretty crappy bunch all the way around.

Yeah, the rich and famous should be held to a higher standard than anyone else and when they mistakes, like we all do, they should be pilloried by the press, stoned, and crucified.

 

[Jfrag Teh Foul]

Originally posted by: J Heartless Slick

Originally posted by: Jfrag Teh Foul

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Call it inadequacies in my own life, but something in me gets warm and fuzzy when celebs are caught for things like this. I guess it's their larger and life getting a dose of reality.

For me it just confirms that the celebs are not the gods their worshiping fans want them to be. This kind of stuff just brings them back down to earth and usually reveals that they are a pretty crappy bunch all the way around.

Yeah, the rich and famous should be held to a higher standard than anyone else and when they mistakes, like we all do, they should be pilloried by the press, stoned, and crucified.

Not saying that, just saying it should send a clear message to people that celebs are not anything that special... more often than not they don't even manage to live up to the standards of normal people.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: IHYLN

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Call it inadequacies in my own life, but something in me gets warm and fuzzy when celebs are caught for things like this. I guess it's their larger and life getting a dose of reality.

Or wait, jealousy maybe?

Maybe; I didn't specify. But, would I want to live the life of most of these celebs? no.

My life is so empty that I enjoy when other, particularly rich and famous, people experience tragedy and misfortune. And life becomes more livable when famous people get caught making mistakes.

Maybe you should get that looked at!

Think about it. Celebrity in this country is paramount to at least minor divinity.

Very correct.

Yeah, the rich and famous should be held to a higher standard than anyone else and when they mistakes, like we all do, they should be pilloried by the press, stoned, and crucified.

Actually that is true, because when they do something right they are praised, worshipped, and commended, so when they do something wrong the treatment should be opposite in kind.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: Hammerhead
She didn't even stop? Man, she's a cold hearted snake!

lol

 

[J Heartless Slick]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: IHYLN

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Call it inadequacies in my own life, but something in me gets warm and fuzzy when celebs are caught for things like this. I guess it's their larger and life getting a dose of reality.

Or wait, jealousy maybe?

Maybe; I didn't specify. But, would I want to live the life of most of these celebs? no.

My life is so empty that I enjoy when other, particularly rich and famous, people experience tragedy and misfortune. And life becomes more livable when famous people get caught making mistakes.

Maybe you should get that looked at!

Think about it. Celebrity in this country is paramount to at least minor divinity.

Very correct.

Yeah, the rich and famous should be held to a higher standard than anyone else and when they mistakes, like we all do, they should be pilloried by the press, stoned, and crucified.

Actually that is true, because when they do something right they are praised, worshipped, and commended, so when they do something wrong the treatment should be opposite in kind.

And think of the children who hold these people as role models instead of their parents! If a famous person makes a mistake it has the potential of ruining the lives of millions of children.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: J Heartless Slick
And think of the children who hold these people as role models instead of their parents! If a famous person makes a mistake it has the potential of ruining the lives of millions of children.

It's good for the child early on to see that these people are just normal, like everybody else--they just happen to have a high profile, high income job. They are not special.

And if a child is ruined by one of their idols getting brought up on charges of necrophilia or something, that kid is already screwed in the head.