Ok, Stop!

I'm sick and tired of hearing about Michael Jackson over every possible air wave available. Enough already! He last Thursday for reasons not yet known, I understand that he was a great artist in life. But lets be real, it isn't about him, it's a much bigger problem.

One of the things that I really hate about American society is that they are so celebrity obsessed! They don't realize that they are simply people who are talented in what they do and the media makes a huge deal about them. While I agree that all famous people have a certain amount of influence even from ancient times (people like Cicero and Homer), they aren't gods, ladies and gentlemen.

When I was younger, I was brought up Catholic, and I was taught that only God and God Himself is worthy of reverence. It's sad how a "Christian" society idolizes people like the King of Pop, and others like Elvis, and even athletes like LeBron and Kobe. Have Americans lost their minds in the sense that they've forgotten their roots? I don't care whether you are a conservative or a liberal, worshiping people is wrong, period! I'm not a religious person, but even I think that amount of respect should only be reserved to the Creator.

So Jacko died, and that's too bad, he was very talented, and was the best at what he did. But keep in mind that he's only a man with many, many flaws. Please don't start another Elvis trend. People who revere people, especially artists are idiots. For your sake, don't be your father or your grandfather in that aspect, we're better than that.

However, due to my belief in respecting the dead (not worshiping them), I'll light up my candle by way of video :P. Now YouTube is being a bitch because they won't allow embedding of Jacko's videos, so click here for the full version of Thriller.

R.I.P. Michael Jackson.