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Idols: Do we honour the dead or do we honour our lies?

As a teenager, growing up in Ireland in the 1990's, I was always looking for some idol to identify with.
I always wanted a white idol, an Irish idol but never really found one. I found persons with whom I could identify like Michael Collins but noone whom I would "strive to be like". Politicans in Ireland are frequently corrupt and strive to present that superficial image so pivotal to American politics.
The point I'm about to make is that dispite the fact that one knows that a certain individual is most probably "fake" and possibly even breaks major moral rules for an individual, they will still allow concessions to that individual because they embody part the person themselves.
In a sense, the person in providing a concession for their own mental shortcoming.

My first ever Idol was Bruce Lee. Truly he was one of the greatest martial artists that ever lived and many of the principles by which he lived his life, I adapted myself and have found have been major keys to success. My ...

Posted by: Rainey Day

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