Friday, November 07, 2003

Why Do We Forgive Some And Not All?

Why are we more willing to forgive celebrities and not our own friends?

In high school, a very good friend of mine and I abruptly stopped talking. All because of some silly "He Said,She Said" shit. I thought about her the other day. I wondered how she was doing. What she was doing. If infact,she were even alive.
I reminded myself that some people,namely famous people, can do unbelievable,hurtful things all the time. Instead of being punished,they are rewarded for their actions.
I became a drug addict and many people turned their backs on me. Never forgave me. Courtney Love,however, can take an overdose of *Oxycontin and everyone worries,feels pity and she populates to become a VH1's Behind The Music Episode. She can place it on a re'sume' and garner an *Oscar nomination. I, on the other hand, still endure whispers and finger pointing in a goddamn grocery store.
Kobe Bryant, has been accused of the unthinkable. Everyone is so worried that the NBA's answer to divinity may be heading down, when we forget the one thing that IS fact. He committed adultry with a complete stranger under the legal drinking age, all while fans continued to buy his $70 jerseys in bulk.
Hell, If I even cheat on my DIET, my mother is ready to call OVER EATERS ANONYMOUS!!!!
The bottom line is that being bad is just....well......BAD. Not in the Micheal Jackson Album Title way either. Come to think of it....he is another one. Everyone talks how he is a "Suppose" child molester while The American Music Awards has a fucking award NAMED after him.
I've done great things in my life for people. And...I have done bad things. But no one EVER remembers the great things for us every day, run of the mill,individual's. Instead, we become the towns "ex druggie whore/homosexual."
So, if regular people like myself makes a mistake that is even a 1/3 of the damage of one of the many say,Kennedy flubs, I'm treated like an abortion doctor at an anti-abortion rally. But, if your famous, you get a slap on the wrist and cult status. Go fuckin' figure.

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