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Or maybe a better question is..."Should we Idolize"?

Have you followed an athlete, or other person, so closely that you worshipped the ground they walked on?

Heres a clip from a Bill O'Reilly segment...and no Im not a proponent of his, Im just using this to start the argument..

...But why should we care? First of all, millions of American children idolize athletes. And according to studies, about 80 percent of American kids cheat in school. Most don't even feel bad about it. Where do you think they got that attitude? How about from adults who cheat. The big picture here is that America is losing sight of boundaries and fair play. Our competitive society and greedy businesses like big league sports tolerate all kinds of bad conduct.

and this comment from Linda Cohn, anchor, ESPN Sports...

There is nothing wrong with idolizing an athlete, but let it be known and reminded that -- and I do this for my kids -- you can idolize an athlete all you want, but you have to remind them they are not supermen, that they are human beings, and human beings do make mistakes and they're not perfect. I have no problem with kids idolizing athletes.

So where do you sit? Do you Idolize, and if so who or whom? Do you go out and buy an athletes/actors clothing line/jersey/etc? Do you see a problem with how children Idolize, and how they mimmick what athletes do. (eg Basketball players and the hip hop era, steroids, hockey goons, tobacco chew, hair styles)

If you have or if you were to have children where would you draw the line in worship of famous people?