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- Mar 23, 2005
Do people ever question their motives for going on the show? I am referring not so much to those who just want a lift up the ladder or the tone deaf zombies who have been egged on by their adoring but misled parents and pub mates, but those who come on the show and make statements like: I just want this, you have to put me through, it's all I've ever wanted...dreamed of...and the biggest laugh of all, I just want to be famous!!!
That last one really takes the biscuit! I just want to be famous! Ok I accept that most are just star struck teenagers, drooling over Simon or Cheryl, but have they asked therselves the next obvious question?
Why do you crave fame so much?
Herein lies many social ills. The following is a short and definately not extensive list of reasons why they feel the need to be famous
They have watched other people make the grade and want to be in the spotlight
They want the money
They don't want to work at any menial job...fair enough to that one I say.
Their parents showed them no love
Their parent showed them too much love...spoiled them
They were unpopular at school....and this would bring a sense of acceptence
They were very popular at school and they think therefore it is obvious the whole world will like them
I could go on and on but you get the point.
Wanting to be famous for the sake of it is such a shallow ideaology or dream. People generally become famous...or infamous based on what they do/achieve in life, they do not set out to be famous. Our own society get things back to front, for example worshipping film stars who play the part of people who have accomplished deeds, but somehow have slipped to a lesser importance than the star who played them.
I doubt the world will change. I know of many religious and not: (using this as a general term so as not to include/nor exclude persons) who do not follow sport, because they do not like the malice involved, and the elevation of nondescript teenagers to superstar status, but without the savvy to be a role model of any sort...or that they seemingly become more important than people in other occupations who do jobs many could not, but enjoy a fraction of the wage of a sportsman/pop/film star. A volunteer medical person dealing with ebola or a UN soldier trying to keep the peace in a war zone for example.
I guess it is the way of the world and the sharp end of materialism, and I don't blame people for wanting to make a few quid to bring some financial security...but I do wish they would engage their tongue with any brain cells they may have and come up with a better reason for wanting to do something than..."I want to be famous". I bet the guy who killed John Lennon had similar thought.
That last one really takes the biscuit! I just want to be famous! Ok I accept that most are just star struck teenagers, drooling over Simon or Cheryl, but have they asked therselves the next obvious question?
Why do you crave fame so much?
Herein lies many social ills. The following is a short and definately not extensive list of reasons why they feel the need to be famous
They have watched other people make the grade and want to be in the spotlight
They want the money
They don't want to work at any menial job...fair enough to that one I say.
Their parents showed them no love
Their parent showed them too much love...spoiled them
They were unpopular at school....and this would bring a sense of acceptence
They were very popular at school and they think therefore it is obvious the whole world will like them
I could go on and on but you get the point.
Wanting to be famous for the sake of it is such a shallow ideaology or dream. People generally become famous...or infamous based on what they do/achieve in life, they do not set out to be famous. Our own society get things back to front, for example worshipping film stars who play the part of people who have accomplished deeds, but somehow have slipped to a lesser importance than the star who played them.
I doubt the world will change. I know of many religious and not: (using this as a general term so as not to include/nor exclude persons) who do not follow sport, because they do not like the malice involved, and the elevation of nondescript teenagers to superstar status, but without the savvy to be a role model of any sort...or that they seemingly become more important than people in other occupations who do jobs many could not, but enjoy a fraction of the wage of a sportsman/pop/film star. A volunteer medical person dealing with ebola or a UN soldier trying to keep the peace in a war zone for example.
I guess it is the way of the world and the sharp end of materialism, and I don't blame people for wanting to make a few quid to bring some financial security...but I do wish they would engage their tongue with any brain cells they may have and come up with a better reason for wanting to do something than..."I want to be famous". I bet the guy who killed John Lennon had similar thought.
