The Dixie Chicks

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Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Shouldn't this discussion be more about whether or not celebs should use their status for politics and/or charity?

Ah....yes, I suppose.

A lot of this comes from a perspective of assumptions I have based on the public persona of the celebrity in question. Do they walk the walk they talk about or is it an Animal Farm case of all are created equal but some are more equal than others? When Al Gore stops flying on private jumbo jets half way across the world to give a 2 hour speech, perhaps I'll start listening to him regarding the evils of burning fossil fuels. I think a satillite link would work quite well.

A couple of examples - Martin Sheen spent a night on a sewer grate so he would know what it was like to be homeless. HAH! Big flippin' deal. He knows he has his multi million dollar mansion (presumably...at least a very nice home) to go to in the morning. The homeless don't have that, so he knows squat and it was a ridiculous publicuty stunt. Bono, on the other hand, takes his charitable work with Africa very, very seriously and while I have no idea what he gives to his own causes, I would suspect (and S4Steph can pobably fill in the details) it is quite extensive.

So....I suppose I make a lot of assumptions based on what I'm seeing and/or reading. But I don't know how else to be, really. If a celebrity is going to use their public status to voice opinions or concerns, I need to see that they take such things seriously in their own lives before I can begin to take them seriously.