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EmmaammE
EmmaammE
I have just seen a poll that asks who is the most out of control briney spears or amy winehouse? WHAT i no these people both have issues but really how is that helping? why dont we all just point and laugh at them!? it makes me so cross have people not got anything better to do that kick others when they are down? if the media spent more time trying to help rather than pointing out people issues then they probably wouldnt have these issues in the first place! Who doesnt have issues?
deleted_user
deleted_user
I feel a bit sorry for them
cagedDreams
cagedDreams
i don't, i'm perfectly sane and normal *cough*
deleted_user
deleted_user
us neither caged
EmmaammE
EmmaammE
yeah totally if people put more effort into important things rather than laughing and making a huge deal out of people problems then the world might not be in the state that its in!
cagedDreams
cagedDreams
ah, but if the world was not in the state it is in than those in power whose power extends to the media would not have their power ;)
EmmaammE
EmmaammE
is that a bad thing then? they dont really seem to have that much power and that that they do have they just abuse.
Testycatlady
Testycatlady
Just a thought....As far as the media go... I wonder what people would find if the people who report on these people had their lives investigated and broadcast to the world.
deleted_user
deleted_user
We're not supposed to have any sympathy for these people because the have lots of money and all the things the rest of us are supposed to aspire too. Can you imaging having you children taken off you and being told in front of the whole world you are a bad parent? FFS that's enough to bring anyone down
cagedDreams
cagedDreams
EmmaammE - to those in power, yes, and they're calling the shots. and gotta remember, from their point of view its not abuse of power, we live in a system that looks up to success and down at failure so according to them, they're just being 'ideal' people and as long as their means to that end are legal(which they sometimes have the power to define) then they're not doing anything wrong. from their point of view, people who suffer deserve to suffer because they're failures....
cagedDreams
cagedDreams
sorry, i went off topic a bit there, the people we're talking about (celebs) are unfortunate tools of the media, feel sorry for them :/
deleted_user
deleted_user
I started reading a book about what you're talking about caged, my question is, who are "they" the ones in charge, who are "they",
deleted_user
deleted_user
more importantly, how do I become one of them? ;)
cagedDreams
cagedDreams
business leaders, media moguls etc...not sure about political leaders, i think they're just puppets of the former but then again the former themselves are puppets of the system as a whole.....i don't think you'd want to be one of them, i know i wouldn't, being consumed with greed and fear of loosing what you have must be a horrible way to live your life...'they' are as much victims of the system as anyone else, just have more and have more to loose....
EmmaammE
EmmaammE
cageddream i no what your saying but still its not right or fair. I would never want to be famous either. we 'normal people' forget that celebs are just as human as we are and have the same trials and strugle in life! just coz we become celebs doesnt mean we are immune from slipping up and making mistakes!
cagedDreams
cagedDreams
if you know what i'm saying than you should know that there is no right or fair in the system we live in, we play the part we're assigned through cause and effect:

- these people pursue a career that puts them in the public eye.

- media companies exist to make money and their owners are usually influenced to avoid topics that might not be in the interest of themselves or their network of people in power.

- people who are bored of the emptiness of their own lives are interested in watching other people's lives

- displaying the details of the lives of celebrities makes for politically neutral content while providing good income for the media companies.

it all adds up, what you are saying is like my brain cells saying that its unfair for my skin cells to be shed or for my anus cells to deal with shit everyday...lol
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