Michael Jackson

Why is it when someone famous dies we all go crazy and focus all our attention on that one person? The whole world went crazy when Michael Jackson died, and it was like the news and everyone forgot about the other problems in the world that are WAY more important then one mans death. I'm not just singling out Michael, he is just the most recent celebrity to die and it just made me think how backwards out culture is. The whole time he was alive we just wanted to know all the bad things he did and were entertained by that. However now that he is dead we want to praise him and remember him for all the music he made. It just really sad that that is how our society is and how we can so easily forget about the bigger issues at hand. Also how we have to wait for someone to die before we can think of the good things they did, by going overboard and practically worshiping and idolizing them, when that isn't right either. i think our culture has just continued to get worse if we don't do anything it will only further brainwash us into thinking things like death are just a reason to idolize people.