[frmrda]

I'm not talking about folks like you. If I was in Memphis I'd probably go as well, just for the historical and cultural significance. And I'm not criticizing people who like his music. You may not like what I like either. That's fine.

What I don't get are these thousands of people who show up every year and light candles on the anniversary of his death and cry like he was some sort of mystical figure. Those people are borderline insane.

[Revolting cat!]

Yes, the worship is bizarre. But since we're in the non-judgmental phase of our cultural evolution, and since the newspapers are (we and they think) "objective", no one dares to point it out in a public forum. Their (the religious fanatics') votes count after all, their dollars that buy the stupid products that buy advertising count, and we seem to be stuck with insanity being presented to us like another walk in the park (not the Central Park, that's for sure, though! That's deemed officially insane, after a certain hour!)

[foreverfree]

If I was in Memphis I'd probably go as well, just for the historical and cultural significance.

I wonder why, if I'm ever in Memphis, I'd sooner visit the National Civil Rights Museum? That place commemorates events, and is indeed itself a place, of historical and cultural significance that, I reckon, is just as great if not greater.

What I don't get are these thousands of people who show up every year and light candles on the anniversary of his death and cry like he was some sort of mystical figure. Those people are borderline insane.

I tend to agree. But isn't there the same madness outside the Dakota on the anniversary of John Lennon's death every December?

foreverfree