Why is it?

So last night when I ended up at Koroscil's listening to my parents and the parents of my classmates socialize an important question came up. As we all know Anna-Nicole Smith past away a few weeks back. We also know that almost everyday a Canadian, American, or other NATO/UN soldier dies in some country peacekeeping or bringing freedom to the oppressed. There is also starving children, people caught up in epidemics, and other such events which cause loss of life.

In this situation who does the world pay attention to though? Anna-Nicole Smith or in this case the individual. An individual I might add who in the giant scheme of things contributed virtually nothing to society in comparison to some of the other people that we know lose their lives on a daily basis. So why is it that the society we live in only pays attention to blondes with big knockers and millions of dollars? Anna-Nicole Smith didn't do anything great for society such as keep the peace or cure a disease. She didn't even work the millions of dollars she possessed.

So why is that we've paid more attention to her lately? She's not the only blonde we pay attention to. Or for that matter the only famous person we pay attention to. I think it's screwed up how we only pay attention to useless celebrities when we really should be paying attention to and appreciating the soldiers, doctors, lawyers, and other people who actually work to make this world better.

I think it's because the majority of people need to be entertained. They don't care about what matters as long as they are nice and comfortable with their boob tube pumping out the entertainment. In conclusion I feel that we should all feel ashamed of ourselves as a society for ignoring what truly matters. I'll now end my senseless rant, which will most likely be ignored because it's not entertaining and it bashes the celebrities we as people some times equate to as gods.