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Originally Posted by Cory
I have nothing against these people personally, but I'm wondering for anyone who doesn't have issues with this list (mainly you, wetzel  ) what qualities you see in the following people that make them deserving of being named to such a list:
Tom Cruise
Clint Eastwood
Brett Favre
Mel Gibson
Tom Hanks
Michael Jordan
Madonna
Elvis Presley
Babe Ruth
Arnold Schwarzenegger (He's a body builder, made movies, and became governor through an election that featured a porn star, and a midget actor as candidates. So what?)
Frank Sinatra
Martha Stewart (This one really irks me. HOW did she get on this list?)
Tiger Woods
If the criteria for "greatest" was defined, and included "athletic prowess" and "entertaining skill" then I might be able to accept people such as these being nominated, although I wouldn't agree with the criteria.
I'd rather pick 13 soldiers at random from Iraq/Afghanistan, or 13 cops, fire fighters, or paramedics than ANY of the people on this list. Every day they give back something more tangible to the country than a single one of these people does, in my opinion. |
I think some of those people deserve to be taken off your list. Many of them do a rather lot of good work in the world and don't deserve to be maligned because you don't like their day jobs.
Mel Gibson donates large amounts of money to many charitable organizations. As does Tom Hanks,
Tom Cruise,
Brett Favre, and
Michael Jordan.
Arnold Schwarzenegger does an awful lot of charitable work with kids.
Tiger Woods has his own foundation for helping kids. While these people may or may not reach the stature of the Greatest American, to say they don't give anything tangible back to the country is grossly unfair.