Monday, 22 March 2010

People of note...

Bit of a sad article this one, spurred on by a certain person's love of Justin Bieber, who shall unnamed. One thing that I've noticed is that humanity, its actually funny to refer to all people that way because it almost seems to give the feeling that humanity is united, tends never to be together in things. A bit clumsily phrased, but let me give an example that hopefully will iluustrate the point. In India, there was a man called Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, otherwise known as 'Mahatma' Gandhi, the father of the nation, who delivered us from colonial subjugation by starving himself. However, there are people in india, that let alone praise him, actively hate him and his contribution to India. My point is that, has/is/will there ever be/been a time where the voice of 'humanity' has spoken one message, if a person's contribution as great as Gandhiji's to India, is not universally recognised in India, then it would seem no..

However, there has been one thing that seems to have constantly drawn people together, no matter what caste or creed. Hatred. Particular examples include Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Paris Hilton, anyone whose won X-Factor. Sure, one could definitely argue that these people have their fans, Twihards and all. However, one gets the feeling that the 'haters' don't actually know anything personal, about the celebrity, they just hate the attention they get. Before Robert Pattinson became R-Patz, he was a perfectly respectable English actor, who had a small role in one of the Harry Potter movies. I really would like to know why people hate them? Or indeed why people love them?. Do the fangirls screaming for the Twilight cast, or frantically texting into X-Factor, actually appreciate the craft of the person, are they grouping for the feel of being surrounded by people doing the exact same thing, or are they attracted to broad shoulders and a handsome face?

To sum up, you might say, that people are too diverse to come together, come from too many different backgrounds, have different cultures, customs and strictures to ever come to agreement. Nevertheless, most people still talk of certain things being intrinsically bad, Unforgivable. Things that are universally good, that everyone would agree on, do they exist? My last question. Is is easier to judge than to appreciate?