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Date: 2001-04-25 23:15:45

Comment:

The comment about what a waste of a life was true...only Robert Downey Jr. is the one wasting his own life.  He's a great actor.  He was fantastic in Chaplin and I've enjoyed him in Ally McBeal.  However, he's been given more than enough chances to clean up his act and has thrown all of them away.  Let's be honest:  If Robert Downey Jr. wasn't a famous actor, but instead Robert the bus driver, then he wouldn't have had all these chances.  After about the 2nd time, he would have been doing serious jail time.  He's been getting by on his celebrity.  Because he's famous, the star-struck judges let him off with a slap on the wrist or rehab.  Because he's a celebrity, he's also getting easy access to these same drugs as soon as he's on his own again.

Many people today also assign the term "sickness" to far too many problems in society.  People who drink excessively and/or drink and drive have an "illness."  People who abuse drugs are "victims."  Smokers bear no responsibility for inhaling 1 or 2 packs a day worth of carcinogens...despite knowing the danger.  This is ridiculous!  People like Robert Downey Jr. are simply weak-willed.  If they had more intestinal fortitude, then they wouldn't be hooked on whatever drug it is that's the source of their problems.