Tuesday, November 28, 2006

In defence of George Michael

A friend of mine refused to analyse George Michael (the singer) beyond 'fag...homo....gay..'

Is George Michael a criminal because he indulges in homosexuality? Does George Michael not have depth as a human being because he has a drug-alcohol problem?

I do not endorse homosexuality, but I am not AGAINST it. I am neutral to it.

People who are 'PASSIONATELY AGAINST' homosexuality/bisexuality are, at some level, badly attracted to this mode of sexuality. If homosexuality STARTLES you, it means it turns you on at some level. The pure heterosexual is neutral to homosexuality. Neither for it nor against it.

If the reader is, by now, 'startled' by these statements of mine, and thinks I am crazy, I would like to draw his attention to the famous saying 'you lie so much you believe yourself'. Which means--a state of existence in which delusions and repression prevent the mental-emotional construct from realising its own desires.

The tragedy of human existence is that people do not understand and want to avoid thinking about what moves them at what point, and because of that they are very confused about their actions so many times in their life. They lie, not just to others but even to themselves about what makes them tick.

George Michael has drug problems...yes. Many things may go wrong in the drug-dependant's life. He may turn into a vampire that preys on his family or friends, emotionally and/or financially.

But it's not necessary that a drug dependant will become a financial-emotional vampire. There are so many drug/alcohol dependants out there, who lead productive lives and do not feed on other people. George Michael is such a person. He does not harm anyone and his music suggests he is a compassionate person who is very much worried about suffering of the people.

Charities supported by George Michael:
Barnardo's, ChildLine, Children with AIDS Charity, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Gray Cancer Institute, Help a London Child, Jubilee Action, Macmillan Cancer Relief, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Nottinghamshire Bereavement Trust, Outcome, Outline, Positive Nation, Rainbow Trust, Red Cross, Red Hot Organization, Rhys Daniels Trust, St John's Hospice, Swan Lifeline, Terrence Higgins Trust, The Food Chain, UK Thalassaemia Society, War Child.


5 comments:

kdington said...

Re George I agree he may have a dark side but the rich side brought John Lennon's Piano to Dallas. It is on display in Oak Lawn. Thanks to George.

Anonymous said...

i liked this commentary. i thought it was balanced and personally George is like any other human being fucked up and trying to do better with his life.

Acharya S said...

Wow! Quite a blog you've got here, Vikram. (A bit hard on the aging eyes, though. :))

"People who are 'PASSIONATELY AGAINST' homosexuality are, at some level, badly attracted to this mode of sexuality. If homosexuality/bisexuality STARTLES you, it means it turns you on at some level. The pure heterosexual is neutral to homosexuality. Neither for it nor against it."

You are SO correct in your profound insight here. Homosexuality is discussed with great passion by Bible-thumpers, who exhort their followers to resist it with all their might. There would not be anything to resist if one did not have homosexual inclinations in the first place. Just ask Ted Haggard!

Vikram Madan said...

Hi Acharya, :-)
Yeah, they are all hypocrites! The Ted Haggards of this world give everybody a rough time.

The movie 'American Beauty' shows the same thing. The armed forces dad who ridicules gay neighbours turns out to be gay in the end. lol.

My blog--the font--papyrus--wasn't that good, I just changed it back to a better font. Somebody else had also said that my blog was difficult to read, but I had not paid attention at that time. Thanks for the input :-)

regards,
Vikram

Anonymous said...

this blog is good.i like George Michael and his music. he never hurt others, why other should blame him? Some people oppose gays, even hurt them .at last, gays ritaliate back, form a bad circle. who make the world unpeace? humans themselves.