All You Need is Love?

2010 - 01

John Lennon had it right, but he had it wrong too.

In the past few weeks, I've seen some crazy stuff in the news. Like what? Glad you asked.

1. A minister in England preaching that, while it's still a sin to steal, he does give his followers carte blanche to steal from big business.
2. Jon Gosselin claiming an ex-girlfriend ravaged his apartment while he was away for Christmas. She claims he's looking for more publicity.
3. Tiger Woods. Enough said.
4. The incredible outpouring of love for Michael Jackson.

Okay, yes, the last three are Personalities. Not personalities, but those who are so in the public spotlight that they've earned the capital "P". So let's look at them first, shall we?

Jon and Kate...do they really need any more publicity? They've been in the spotlight for so long, I believe they've come to view it as essential to life. Both have stated they won't air their dirty laundry in public anymore, but on it goes. Why? Because we continue to read it. Let's stop, shall we? Paris Hilton eventually stopped showing up every day in the news, so it can happen with Jon and Kate plus hate. I'm sure of it.

Tiger, Tiger, Tiger. What can I say that hasn't been said. Except that, why does any celebrity think they can get away with screwing around? Why does anyone, celebrity or not, think they can screw around and not get caught? So, the Woods empire has suddenly been sullied because he couldn't keep his dick in his pants. Way to go, dumbass. Good message for your wife and kids.

Michael Jackson. Am I the only one that remembers how, this time last year, that little freak was a running joke? That everyone was disgusted with his child rearing abilities (hanging children over balconies, veiling their faces, etc), his proclivity for hanging around inappropriately with males much younger than him, his million plastic surgeries, his oxygen chamber, his monkey? Why is it when someone dies, suddenly he's canonized as the greatest thing since formerly black, but now white sliced bread? I can't tell you how many people have just recently told me they "no longer" believe he molested any children. Why? Because he's dead now and it's wrong to speak ill of the dead? Not bloody likely. He was a modern day Elvis, only he didn't die on the toilet with a fried banana and peanut butter sandwich in his hand.

We spend so much time building these celebrities, these Personalities up, they become the New Gods. Jon & Kate, Tiger Woods, Michael Jackson. Then, there's the inevitable fall from grace. Almost every celebrity seems to have it. And then we're like hyenas on a fresh corpse, teeth bared, looking for that last scrap, that last shred of Personality we can tear off to bring them back down to the mundane. But in the end, every one of them let their egos and their success get the best of them. They began to believe their own press.

And speaking of God, then there's this minister in England. You're poor, you're downtrodden. It's okay to steal as long as it's from big business, because they just pass the losses on to the rest of us. What kind of holy man says this?

So, like I said, Lennon was partially right. He said, "all you need is love." Love would definitely cure a lot. If Jon & Kate could remember a bit of the love they used to share, and still share, I'm sure, for their children, they would be doing things differently. If Tiger Woods did the same, he may have acted more intelligently. If Michael Jackson had had better parents, he likely may not have been anywhere near as successful, but he'd likely have been a lot less screwed up and probably still be alive.

And if we all cared a little more, we wouldn't have to worry about the poor having to steal from anywhere.

So, yeah, "all you need is love" is a great message, but I'd like to add a little more to that. I'd say it's more like, "all you need is love and common sense". Because with common sense, you know who to love, and how to love them properly.

And that would solve a lot of problems.