Poll: Cheating and the media

[Timmehexas]

If I see one more article about Lady Gaga or Britney Spears or whoever in a newspaper or on the news I'm going to punch a kitten. My care level about celebrities is a big fat 0, we need to keep it to magazines or something so I don't have to see it.

Amused me recently that some US politician who was standing on a fiercely anti gay stance, was caught at a gay club, being gay with some gays. I admit I'd have missed not hearing about that, but then that's covered in my disclaimer about only news relevant to their position.

I don't care if you're standing on an anti gay platform and seeing prostitutes, but if they're MALE prostitutes, I feel that's in the public interest.

I kind of have to feel sorry for the guy, its unfortunate but a lot of the time the most anti-gay protesters are repressing it. Its easier to hate something then to accept it.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

A second question, should famous people be judged on their morality?

Should for instance, Wayne Rooney have lost his place on his team for his transgression? He has lost his Coke ad deal, should that have happened? or should he be judged purely on his ability to play a child's playground game fairly well? (no, I'm not a soccer fan )

Tiger Woods, does having about half of america's women in his cell phone make him a worse golfer?

Should, in short, everyone famous have a responsibility to be a 'role model' or should it not be enough that they are good at their job?

Come the next olympics, should we send our fastest sprinter who happens to enjoy getting chained up and beaten by hookers dressed as Mussolini, or should we send the guy who's a couple of seconds slower who's got a married family man and gives to charity?

Exactly, the whole sports person role model thing is bullshit. Role models in general are bullshit. I'll be me thank you very much, I don't need some famous dip-shit telling me how to live my life.