Okay, I've been keeping this in for days, but sometimes you see things that are begging to be commented on. New trend of today: celebrities making themselves "heard" about the war on Iraq. Where do they get off shoving their opinions in our faces all the time? Do they have a right to do that just because they are celebrities? Just the other day, Arsenio Hall, host of "Star Search", made a comment about about bashing in Saddam Hussein .... on stage, where he has 7 or 8 year old kids standing barely 1 foot away from him. He made a Saddam-inspired comment on a show that was supposed to be all about the kids!! I was shocked.... and angry. Celebrities should know better than to do stupid stuff like that. Shame on you, Mr. Hall. And shame on you, too, Mr. Moore, for doing what you did at the Oscars, though that was more forgivable because only adults were there. But "Mr. Hall" should've kept his comments to himself until a more appropriate moment arises for him to address them. And if he meant what he said as a joke, well, it's not funny, not when you have innocent children around.

Adults can be so irresponsible sometimes. Celebrities who are adults can be downright audacious. I DO NOT approve of you making political statements whenever and wherever your face pops up on TV, regardless of what your political views are. There are better ways to do that. Voice them in talk shows, forums, places where political views are taken (or could be taken) seriously. Don't voice them on stage receiving your Oscar, don't do them onstage when you have children around ( I don't think parents were to happy that their kids were hearing stuff like "bashing Saddam" or something like that ... I can't remember the exact comment, I was seething too much ) and for goodness sake, DON'T go on yapping about how the gov. sucks or how great the gov. is on every damn red carpet that you walk on. It's annoying enough that we have to watch you on TV (if you suck), don't make it worst by making us want to pelt you with a carton of bad tomatoes. Celebs, please be more responsible. Do talk shows, go to rallies, do an open forum.... don't preach to us during those times that we just want to relax and see kids sing or see which "lucky" actor is receiving the bald guy this year. Winding up people who need to unwind is just gonna make people boycott your movie/TV show and increase your "ass" factor. Sure, freedom of speech is very much alive in the US, but how about giving us a little freedom from celeb speech?

Just the other day I was walking past Hash Bash that was held at the Diag ( for those unfamiliar with the Michigan ways, Hash Bash is the annual gathering of people who are "fighting" for the legalization of marijuana, and for some reason, it's always held at the university ), and I saw two girls( the older one can't be more than 10 years old ), standing in the crowd of people, holding their dad's hand. The girls were wearing kinda raggedy clothes, and Daddy Dearest was wearing a worn-out coat and a hat with marijuana leaves pinned on it (how do I know what kind of leaves they were? Somebody near me was commenting on the hat and said so). Bodoh macam sial.I felt like punching Mr. Daddy. Why would any sane person bring two kids at a place like that? Where you have all these people high on weed and making total asses of themselves? Bodoh macam sial.The money that he spent buying weed could've been spent on new clothes for his daughter (and himself). Sure, he may have strong opinions about legalizing marijuana, but that is no place for children. Bodoh macam sial. Hell, that is no place for any adult, but adults have their own will. These children were brought there by an irresponsible parent, them knowing nothing of what's going on around them, him fully knowing what kind of shit people high on weed can do. Say it with me people: Bodoh macam sial. I was shocked seeing kids there at the rally, and I wanted to hit that guy with something rock hard to knock him to his senses. It's sad when you see things like that. Even people brought up in the most nurturing of environments can turn out to be a bad egg. How would the two girls survive in a world like that?

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