eagle_eye222001 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 (edited) Given the vast media glorification of a certain entertainer, I have a few points and questions. First off. A person who is popular......whether an entertainer, politician, or what-not......if in their life they make some notable achievements.....and then later in life, they go "wacko" and basically make several grave immoral decisions and these immoral decisions are publicized......is it okay to glorify them when they die? I would argue no. We cannot as Catholics honor or glorify those who have led grave scandalous lives in the public view. Doing so is supporting their actions and basically saying what they did was okay. Even if you try to side-step this by saying "they were human" or "you don't approve of their scandals," you still error by promoting that person and therefore you reduce the evil of what they did and make their scandals justifiable. Now, I am not celebrating when I see people die. The loss of any human life is never an event to be celebrated upon. The death of human life is a time to be reverent and respectable. However, when a scandalous person dies.......they should not be honored beyond belief but should rather be buried in a quiet manner. Should we honor a public scandalous entertainer? Should we honor priests who have been accused to the brink of being sentenced guilty only to be saved by money at the last second? Sometimes there is not a difference. I stand for the Church and refuse to promote or glorify those who lead scandalous public lives. I believe in innocent until proven guilty or until vast sums of money are paid. ---------------- Now playing: [url="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/hans+zimmer+%26+james+newton+howard/track/and+i+thought+my+jokes+were+bad+(album+version)"]Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard - And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad (Album Version)[/url] via [url="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/"]FoxyTunes[/url] Edited July 8, 2009 by eagle_eye222001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 (edited) Don't compare Michael Jackson to Hitler. BTW, I'm tired of these "holier than thou" Catholics. Gets old real quick. We are ALL lowly scum of the earth. Edited July 8, 2009 by Kitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 [quote name='Kitty' post='1914085' date='Jul 7 2009, 11:26 PM']Don't compare Michael Jackson to Hitler.[/quote] I was just about to say, "This seems to be a rather thinly veiled attempt at disobeying modly attempts at maintaining order". So yeah, agreed. As to the OP. Honor is not the same thing as respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle_eye222001 Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Kitty' post='1914085' date='Jul 7 2009, 11:26 PM']Don't compare Michael Jackson to Hitler.[/quote] Who said anything about Michael Jackson? I don't recall ever mentioning his name in the post. This thread is not about Michael Jackson. It is a debate on giving undue acknowledgment to scandalous public figures who die. ---------------- Now playing: [url="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/hans+zimmer+%26+james+newton+howard/track/blood+on+my+hands+(album+version)"]Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard - Blood On My Hands (Album Version)[/url] via [url="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/"]FoxyTunes[/url] Edited July 8, 2009 by eagle_eye222001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Completely inappropriate. Hitlers crimes were well documented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 There are also people who were idolized and either by the way they died (Bob Crane) or things come out after they die that puts them in a bad light, such as JFK or FDR's adultery, or someone being found out later to have been an addict or embezzler, or even a traitor. We all have things we wouldn't want other people to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 This crowd is mostly too young to know who Bob Crane was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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