Will Smith, you have our sympathies
Today’s post is not silly, funny, or demented. I apologize.
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“Even Hitler didn’t wake up going, `let me do the most evil thing I can do today.’ I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was `good.’” — Will Smith
There’s no part of that statement which indicates Smith actually supports Hitler, correct?
I thought so.
Well, the tabloids have been jumping on this, claiming Smith stated the former dictator was a good person. The Anti-Defamation League believes Smith wasn’t praising Hitler, so that should help things. But what about the unwashed masses who read tabloids but haven’t even heard of the ADL?
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A tiger escaped a zoo enclosure, killing one person and mauling two. In this case, someone died, while in the story above, Will Smith took a slight reputation hit. So why does the tiger incident induce so much less emotion in me? Probably because the tabloid distortions are intentional and malicious, while the tiger escape is likely accidental. But looking at the results of the incidents it doesn’t seem to make sense.
[...] back to Smith’s statement (see prior post), he had an insight which I think people fail to keep in mind. Even those who are considered [...]
Pingback by Liquid Egg Product | 27 December 2007
It sucks to be famous. It’s GREAT to be rich, but being famous? bleh. And I feel sorry for Mr Smith that he has to spend extra time and effort now to clean up a mess that he didn’t even make.
Comment by annie | 27 December 2007
I keep telling the Mascot it’s not that good to be famous, but he won’t listen to reason.
Comment by Donnie | 28 December 2007