Wednesday, May 14, 2008

What Passes for Inspiration

I've probably mentioned before that I don't turn on the television very often, but this evening I wanted to watch John Edwards endorsement of Barack Obama and then I didn't turn it back off. Big mistake. What came on afterward involved some soap opera actress who'd gone in for lap band surgery.

Even (insert name of big celebrity magazine), they told us, was covering her "inspirational journey".

In the interest of full disclosure I will say that I have some feelings about lap band surgery, and they're not positive ones. But that's not what this post is about. It's about the "inspirational journey" of someone who paid $12-25,000 for a surgical procedure to make weight loss easier.

Have we really fallen that far in this country, that a 45-minute surgical procedure and the weight loss that follows is an "inspirational journey"? Have we really grown that weak? Are we that short on true inspiration?

6 comments:

Barb Matijevich said...

Well, it inspired you to write this post...

but yeah, I'm with you.

Anonymous said...

Inspiring, I think not. IMO it's a sad commentary on these times we live in. At present Americans hold the dubious distinction of being among the fattest people on the planet. Therefore it's mind boggling that celebrities can be upheld as being virtuous for spending a bundle of dough to avoid effectively addressing and dealing with the underlying reasons for their accumulated weight.

Dirty Laundry Diva said...

No, we are just allowing ourselves to become that shallow.. Sad but true!

Anonymous said...

Inspirational, amazing, brave and Britney are four of the most overused words in the entire country. It is pure, U.S., grade A BS. Not BS as in Bachelor's in Science...the other kind. We can still complain about it though and that's one good thing that hasn't changed, right? :) Whoohoo!

Anonymous said...

yes atleast it inspired you to write this post

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