The new millenium is starting to look like the Era of Gotcha for Celebrity Infidelity. Entertainers including athletes have closed ranks with politicians for sleaze. The recent revelations of Tiger Woods’ secret life although shocking in mark contrast to his skillfully crafted public persona, should not come as a surprise. Too long has the public created heroes with feet of clay. Really, does singlemindedness to pursue wealth and fame warrant hero worship? Aren’t heroes suppose to embody the virtues a society values? When has virtue been synthesized down to one word: celebrity? Is that all we care about now? Rather than pursuing honesty, integrity, righteousness, we look for success, notoriety, and wealth. Do the right thing has turned into do whatever you think you can get away with. The adage ‘You can’t have your cake and eat it too’ now has been amended to ‘You can have your cake and eat it too, if you do it slowly.’
But As For Me…
When a nation no longer has a moral compass to steer by, when leaders do not exist or are absent, then a society creates its’ own false gods and like the Golden Calf of old, the lost now worship at the feet of celebrities.
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Civility and Celebrity, Two Words Worlds Apart
by admin on December 21, 2009 · 0 comments
in Commentary, Ethics, Reformed Lib
The new millenium is starting to look like the Era of Gotcha for Celebrity Infidelity. Entertainers including athletes have closed ranks with politicians for sleaze. The recent revelations of Tiger Woods’ secret life although shocking in mark contrast to his skillfully crafted public persona, should not come as a surprise. Too long has the public created heroes with feet of clay. Really, does singlemindedness to pursue wealth and fame warrant hero worship? Aren’t heroes suppose to embody the virtues a society values? When has virtue been synthesized down to one word: celebrity? Is that all we care about now? Rather than pursuing honesty, integrity, righteousness, we look for success, notoriety, and wealth. Do the right thing has turned into do whatever you think you can get away with. The adage ‘You can’t have your cake and eat it too’ now has been amended to ‘You can have your cake and eat it too, if you do it slowly.’
But As For Me…
When a nation no longer has a moral compass to steer by, when leaders do not exist or are absent, then a society creates its’ own false gods and like the Golden Calf of old, the lost now worship at the feet of celebrities.
POULAR POSTS:
Tagged as: athletes, Celebrities, entertainers, Reformed Liberal, scandals, show business, Tiger Woods