Reply #19: Hep C?

[jollyreaper2112]

What did she catch it from, animal, vegetable or mineral?

There is a good question to be raised concerning celebrity hatred, though. I know I have zero symapthy for any of these people. Why is that? I'm sick of hearing about them. But is their celebrity their fault or the fault of our media? I do so hate our media so I need to reserve a fair amount of contempt for them. But there are certain souls to did everything they could to create their celebrity. They weren't born into it, they didn't chance into it, they sought it. I'm reminded of a comment I heard years and years ago when there were open auditions for the next big boy band. This guy was saying "Man, I would do anything to get in here. Cut off friends and family? Done. I'll never talk to them again." Wow. What kind of sickness is behind that? I guess you could say the media is enabling sick individuals in need of psych care to become public spectacles for fun and profit. Some of them are like Rush Limbaugh, self-aware and knowing what he's doing, actively working for notoriety and evil. For someone like an Anna Nicole Smith, was she an active player in this tragicomedy or was she tuned out through the majority of it? I dunno. I'm sure her death is a tragedy for what friends and family she has but I don't think it warrants the circus that is sure to come. Offhand, I'd say that Molly Ivan's death is a greater loss to our society and would deserve greater mention.