Human's for Sale - $7.50

Since this is my own little soap box I will spout my opinions loudly on my own forum (so bare with me)....

What is up with society??? What is it that we are teaching our children??? Does anyone else see the errors of raising children in this fake celebrity obsessed world???

Every news channel today play that poor child (Brittany Spears) carted off by an abulance and a gaggle of police and papparazzi in tow. Why I ask, is this headline news? Does it make for entertainment? Only if you enjoy watching trainwrecks in slow motion and watching burning bodies in the caboose windows.... I will admit there is something compelling about the way her life is a circus act... whether she is a willing participant or not... but when someone is so obviously in distress should it be "entertainment" news? And even less "breaking" news?

Am I the only one that lives in the United States of America? Are there not policitcal canidates running for public office? Aren't these the people who will actually decide where our country is headed? Is there not a war going on? Is there not a "cleansing" going on in Dafur? Or should Heath Ledger's death take presedance over world news? I found it to be an insult to my sensablity the other day when I actually heard one of those "entertainment news" shows announce "Heath Ledger's death day 8"... Are you kidding me? Why can't the man finally rest in peace? Why can't his family mourn their loss without a camera and a microphone being shoved in their face? What ever happen to personal ethics? Who wants to see their son, father, lover, grandson, brother, nephew, uncle, friend, wheeled out in a zipped up cororners bag. And not just be assaulted by this image once but day after day after day... What person that loved him and cared for him wants to hear the constant speculation about his death and what part Mary-Kate had in it?

What happen to common deceancy? What happen to human kindness and compassion? Does this society have such a feeling of entitlement that the masses actually believe that these people have become public domain just because we spent $7.50 on a movie ticket? Or even $17 bucks on a CD? When has it been acceptable to buy a human being at any price? Yes they make an obscene amount of money for what they do, but keep in mind that it is a job, they haven't sold their souls to the populous just because they have been given a gift to entertain. They as the rest of us are entitiled to go to work and punch out at the end of the day and go home to their families and live a regular mundane life. Why should we subject them to stalking and much less their children. Do we stalk doctors, lawyers, trash collectors, postal carriers? Can you imagine going to your next door neighbor's house and waiting for them to come out just to accost them with questions and take pictures of them- and all this just because they are your child's teacher? They are allowed to be off the clock right? Would Joe Blow off the street be arrested for camping out in front of somebody's house and following them inscesantly?

I will agree there are some celebrities that look for it ala Paris Hilton... but she is not one that is followed and tortured for her craft. Her craft is to be in the public eye and that is the life she has chosen to live... so be it. But for those celebrities that try to lead normal lives and just want to share their talent with the world why should they be penalized? Can you imagine Leonardo Devinci or Wolfgang Amadeus being mobbed to the point that they need escorts just to enter a building??? Would we as a society be so blessed by their genius or would they have thrown in the towel and quit?

Just a thought....

What do you think? I will now step down from my soap box and invite you to step up...