Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Why Charley?

It seems the entire country is attuned to the words and actions of Charley Sheen. What's the attraction, since if you walk the streets of any city, you can hear the same kind of talk from those who wander the sidewalks talking to themselves. Not on a cellphone; they were there long before cells were invented. They mutter sometimes indistinguishable gibberish, but at other times speak with crystal clear logic and insights unbroachable by those of us who live in our politically correct climate. Do we really believe that public relation spots on TV or in the newspapers are really put out there by some caring paternal (or maternal for that matter) entity who truly cares about us? Do all those organizations and self-help societies really help the individuals or is their main purpose to perpetuate themselves as an industry. We who are obsessed by Sheen's manic ravings must see some shred of reality in all the artifice surrounding us. The illusion of life where everyone is trying for perfection is impossible where humans are tainted by self interest. So we live in the cocoon of pretense while living out our baser selves through Charley Sheen. We do not have the intestinal fortitude to drink tiger blood.

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