A post about Michael Phelps demands something gold (in honor of all those Olympic Medals). He is a star (at least in once sense of the word) so Gold Star seemed like a fine choice. That being said--on with today’s rant.
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The latest “tempest in a teapot” involves photos of multiple Olympic-medal winner Michael Phelps taking a marijuana hit from a bong at party while visiting the University of North Carolina last November. The photos were first published by a British Tabloid then bought by Star Magazine for saturation in the United States. Phelps was quick to admit the photo was genuine and issue an apology and promise his fans that it would “never happen again.” Personally I want to know if he’ll never smoke pot again or if he just won’t let himself be photographed doing stupid sh#t--but I guess that’s just the cynic in me.
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Media pundits are quick to complain about how this incident has “tarnished” Michael Phelps reputation as a role model but the general public doesn’t seem to care one way or another. The pundits wonder where the public outrage is: nobody really seems to care. Maybe it was because Phelps was quick to issue an apology or maybe it was because folks realized he’s a 23 year old kid with tons of money and access to the highlife. What did they really expect to happen? Personally I think we have a lot more important things to be outraged out than one guy doing something dumb.
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As for me, it didn’t change my opinion of Michael Phelps in the least--mainly because I didn’t think that much of him to begin with. When you break it down to it’s simplest level all Phelps did was take advantage of his genetically freakish body (long arms and legs, flipper feet and gigantic hands) to best advantage. Yes, what he did was pretty amazing (Lord knows 99.99993853% of the populace could come nowhere near the feat) but, come on people, the feat was SWIMMING! Could someone please tell me what’s so special about that? In all honesty what’s the point of choosing someone who can swim fast as a role model? It just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me…
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Ten years from now if Michael Phelps is doing cancer research, leading the fight against world hunger or even teaching kids in the inner city I’d be happy to make him a role model. However, if all he accomplishes is managing to hold a few records for a while then he deserves obscurity. I have hopes but I really doubt we’ll hear much from the big guy.
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Think about it.
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The latest “tempest in a teapot” involves photos of multiple Olympic-medal winner Michael Phelps taking a marijuana hit from a bong at party while visiting the University of North Carolina last November. The photos were first published by a British Tabloid then bought by Star Magazine for saturation in the United States. Phelps was quick to admit the photo was genuine and issue an apology and promise his fans that it would “never happen again.” Personally I want to know if he’ll never smoke pot again or if he just won’t let himself be photographed doing stupid sh#t--but I guess that’s just the cynic in me.
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Media pundits are quick to complain about how this incident has “tarnished” Michael Phelps reputation as a role model but the general public doesn’t seem to care one way or another. The pundits wonder where the public outrage is: nobody really seems to care. Maybe it was because Phelps was quick to issue an apology or maybe it was because folks realized he’s a 23 year old kid with tons of money and access to the highlife. What did they really expect to happen? Personally I think we have a lot more important things to be outraged out than one guy doing something dumb.
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As for me, it didn’t change my opinion of Michael Phelps in the least--mainly because I didn’t think that much of him to begin with. When you break it down to it’s simplest level all Phelps did was take advantage of his genetically freakish body (long arms and legs, flipper feet and gigantic hands) to best advantage. Yes, what he did was pretty amazing (Lord knows 99.99993853% of the populace could come nowhere near the feat) but, come on people, the feat was SWIMMING! Could someone please tell me what’s so special about that? In all honesty what’s the point of choosing someone who can swim fast as a role model? It just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me…
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Ten years from now if Michael Phelps is doing cancer research, leading the fight against world hunger or even teaching kids in the inner city I’d be happy to make him a role model. However, if all he accomplishes is managing to hold a few records for a while then he deserves obscurity. I have hopes but I really doubt we’ll hear much from the big guy.
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Think about it.
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