comedy and tragedy? or both?

Lately I have been really bothered about something.  I've been really disappointed in just people in general.  Not necessarily specific people, but just the Nation as a whole.  What they find funny.  What they find exceptable.  For example.  Why do they not hold celebrities up to the same standards they hold everyone else.  If I had a friend and I found out he or she beat their significant other to the point that they were unrecognizable, unless I felt I could in some way help this person in some way, I'd probably consider not being their friend any more.  If they were strung out on cocaine, and not making any sense, and possibly acting dangerously, I would stay away from them.  So, if a singer, say, beats the crap out of his girlfriend, why would I still buy his cd?  If an actor, who has been said to be repeatedly abusive toward women, goes nuts and says he's "winning" because he can "handle his cocaine socially", why would I continue to watch his tv show?  If a drug addict actress feels she's above the law, drives without a license while under the influence, steals from people and doesn't seem to even give a shit that she's been caught, why would I go see her movie?  I realize that they are a lot of celebrities out there that have done some bad things in their past and I am probably not aware of it.  I couldn't possibly check out every single movie I see and make sure know one has done anything wrong.  I know its unrealistic to close myself off from all forms of entertainment that might tainted, because lets face it, that's just about everything these days.  However, it sometimes seems people don't even CARE if bad things are happening, they just want to be entertained and be fans of these people.

Another thing that has recently bothered me.  What people find funny.  Someone forwarded me an email this week that was a bunch of "funny" pictures of people at Walmart.  Basically making fun of people and what they wear and how they look.  Most of the pictures were of fat people.  Sure sometimes they were wearing something that might be considered by most as too small for them.  But some of them were just comfy clothes.  Why is it funny to laugh at someone because they have trouble controlling their weight?  Why is it funny to make fun of someone because they have bad teeth or are just generally unattractive.  I'd hate to think that someone forwarded that email to one of the people in it.  I would be horrified to find my picture among them.  And its not entirely impossible.  I've gone to Walmart in the middle of the night in my pjs.  Walmart's always been that place where people just wear what they are wearing.  They are comfy.  They could be in the middle of doing their laundry and wearing something they'd otherwise avoid, and Walmart's the one place they'd go and not care.  Also, today there was an article about Richard Simmons commenting on George Lopez making fat jokes about Kirstie Alley.  Personally I think Kirstie Alley is a grown woman and has heard plenty in her life about her weight and has probably figured out people are just idiots and to not let it bother her.  She probably doesn't need Richard Simmons backing her up.  But I read some of the comments that were made about the article by cnn.com readers.  Here is a sampling:

" Kirstie Alley is not fat, but she shows up on my GPS as a navigation hazard."
"If a fat joke hurts your feelings, lose weight. If you cannot lose weight."
"Being fat is a choice, being ugly is not. it's not nice to laugh at ugly people, but by all means do make fun of fat people, cause that was their choice"

I understand, a lot of people ARE fat because they don't give a care, but while I'm not morbidly obese, I'm overweight and can tell you, its not because I don't care.  It has a lot to do with the fact that I easily get depressed, I easily get unmotivated, and I also have crappy genes (no offense mom and dad, love you, but you're families are covered in diabetics)  There are just a lot of insensitive people out there.

Okay, another article I read was about Lea Michele from Glee walking away after being hit by a car.  I'm guessing a minor hit, not really big news.  However, in the comments:

"She's Jewish. You think she is going to have a hard time finding a good lawyer? "
"wish she wouldve taken one for the earth and gotten injured to end Glee. "

Seriously people?  Have sucken so low as to have to randomly point out a person's religion any time there's an article about her?  How is her religion relevant???  And wishing someone dead.  That's swell.  When a driver cuts me off on the road and pisses me off, I don't even have the heart to wish that they have an accident, I just wish a bird poops on their windshield.  How would this person feel if she died after they made the comment, would they also find that funny?

I know I'm probably being too sensitive.  People have always had bad taste in humor.  I know I've found things that are distasteful funny before.  Heck, I passed on a joke about Charlie Sheen just a couple of weeks ago.  "How many drugs did Charlie Sheen take.  Enough to kill two and half men."  I still find it clever, but there may be someone out there that says that's insensitive to people with drug problems.  Perhaps its seeing so much of it in such a short period of time that I've noticed the tackiness of people.  I was a fan of George Carlin before he died and he did nothing but point out politically incorrect, distasteful humor.  I probably just need to get over myself, its just been on my radar and in my mind a lot lately.