First, I come from Los Angeles and have met more than my share of celebrities. Trust me when I say they are just ordinary human beings like the rest of us. They play-act or otherwise entertain for a living. Most are not particularly glamorous or special in any way other than their ability to act and/or entertain. Many are low-lifes.
Second, acknowledging is not worshiping, true. But investing an over-abundance of time and attention to the ever-increasing crowd of people who are called "stars" or "celebrities" these days becomes silly when people say a particular year was tough because a bunch of celebrities died. I just tried to provide the larger context -- that tens of millions of people die every year. Some small percentage of those tens of millions will be famous in their respective countries and/or worldwide. So what? With very rare exceptions, they all will be forgotten in the fullness of time just like the rest of us.
My father hated M.A.S.H. He served in korea from July 10th 1950 to April 1952. He thought it was propaganda to diminish the horror he witnessed perpetrated by “progressives”.
I want to know why we’ve heard very little about theses people sinc January 20th, 2009.
Very well said!