I don't know why we still go to movies and support the spoiled bratty movie stars that get away with crimes that we (the average person) would get locked away for. Or why they think that they are so important to make idle statements and never follow through with it. Take for instance Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones saying that they will move to another country if George W Bush were to be elected as Pres. Did they go? No! I think that we should have said, "You made a threat trying to change the way people would vote. Now he is in office. See Ya. You will be missed." I won't get into whether Bush was the right or wrong choice. Or OJ Simpson with a gun to his head after his ex wife was found murdered. What was he saying? I killed her or I don't want to live anmore. Come On! My point is, those in the acting businesss should not feel that they are more powerful than any American citizen. What are your feelings?
2006-09-02 10:31:40 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
I think everyone who lives in the States is required to abide by the laws set in place by the government (by which I mean the entity not the politicians).
However, it is the fault of the American people that we allow people who are famous to get away with a lot more than the average person. If you're rich, you are apparently entitled to looser laws that allow you to do illegal activites. The average person on the street is being fed this kind of ridiculous nonsense by the media and they continue to absorb it and turn a blind eye to what goes on.
Example: A while back (maybe the beginning of 2006 or late 2005) one of the Olsen twins was found to be addicted to drugs. Did they prosecute her, as they would with anoyone else? No. They told her to go to rehab. As far as I remember she didn't have to do much else. The average person would be fined a large amount for owning illegal or controlled substances and required to go to rehab for x amount of time. She was given the 'option' of rehab.
This kind of thing is spread by pop media and the majority of people who feel like that's the way it should be or something. They certainly don't speak out against it.
2006-09-02 11:59:04 · answer #1 · answered by kxaltli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Celebrities who break the law - no matter how "small" the offense, should receive the same punishment as the "average Joe". The thing is, celebrities have the best attorneys that money can buy, and with money comes power and with power SHOULD come responsibility, but it seems that the money just buy irresponsibility. It's not right, but the fault is not with us; it's with the lawyers and judges who let these celebrities get away with murder, robbery, public drunkeness, lewd behavior, solicitation of prostitution . . . you name it, celebrities can get away with it. Personally, I say we take them out back in shoot them in the arm, or leg.
2006-09-02 11:31:27 · answer #2 · answered by GottaGo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They get out of way too much. I think that they should have harder sentences to get the message through to them, and because they are supposedly our role models. Then again, I hate when I know anything about celebrities because they aren't important and are not newsworthy ever. I was really wanting all the people that said they would leave to leave though. Pissed me off that they didn't.
2006-09-02 10:42:09 · answer #3 · answered by albinopolarbear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm an previous action picture enthusiast!! i could no longer choose a fave yet i can declare i like a solid Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin flick. Greta Garbo, Cary supply, Danny Kaye.... such numerous to pass with between!
2016-11-06 07:25:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think celebrities should be assigned something like twice the community service everyone else is assigned (if the offense is applicable) because they already spend too much time worrying about themselves, and it is pride which makes people commit crimes and thinking they are above the law.
2006-09-02 11:11:12 · answer #5 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's ridiculous. No one, including the President, should be exempt from the law.
2006-09-02 10:44:13 · answer #6 · answered by Ashwinkle B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do we, the American people, let them get away with it? It's our fault, not theirs, that the rules are different for the rich and famous.
2006-09-02 11:12:11 · answer #7 · answered by DramaGuy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, I don't know about persecuting them, but they should be prosecuted like anyone else, regardless of social status.
2006-09-02 10:37:36 · answer #8 · answered by Ldy_Kathryn 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I feel ya ..martha stewart just richer because of her illegal activities.Made me mad!
2006-09-02 10:41:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
agreed
2006-09-02 10:40:05 · answer #10 · answered by sheepherder 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋