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In the precious world of hero worship and fandom, you (wrongly) attribute qualities to humans that you would hold if you had the freedom to. Therefore, the lead singer, the striker, the actor, the activist becomes, vicariously, you. They live life without care and are, ahem, "sticking it to the man."Mad Eyed Screamer said:I'd love to see all you principled souls on here turning down X thousands of pounds to advertise butter. I certainly wouldn't and wouldn't slag Johnny Rotten off for doing it either. Good luck to him. He still has the same views as he did in 1976.
Some people think their favourite punk or indie band should never sign for a major, never move to LA, never play in front of a venue bigger than the Academy 2, never have a hit single so other people jump on their ''secret'' band and they should always remain underground and not to appeal to the masses, so they can bemoan to the masses that they like a band that no one has heard of and complain that no one has ever heard of them and the radio doesn't play them..... then as soon as the radio plays them and they get on TOTP and jump to bigger venues and shift more albums to satisfy the demand and do a world tour instead of a Lancashire tour every month, they get screamed at for selling out......
We are all saving for a pension. If English butter wish to give Johnny his pension, good luck to both.
When that person goes against one of those attributes or principals that you have (wrongly) imbued their essence with, it becomes a slight (vicariously again) on yourself and disappointment along with outpourings of grief, bile and vitriol ensue on forums like this.
All part of the fun of life's rich tapestry.
I'm more of a GDM man myself.