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[QUOTE=Zee;6412732]I could understand people saying Sinead O'Connor just wants attention because she was always one for pulling stunts when she was at the height of her fame; but Annie Lennox is a highly successful artist whose music is still in rotation today and she has absolutely no need to "get back in the news" other than because she means what she says. Miley Cyrus et al are willing victims of an aggressive PR machine that sets out to shock people in new ways, or recycle old ways to shock people, because that's how you get attention. There is no value or merit placed in the actual music, it's almost an afterthought. I don't even believe this is what Miley Cyrus really wants for her career; she's using this as a stepping stone - be controversial now and be an artist later on. She's a willing victim, she's exploiting herself so she can be popular and famous. They might be in charge of their image but they're definitely not in charge of their own minds - I don't think Miley Cyrus really wants people to think of her as a laughing stock; she wants people to know her name so she's achieving it in the most degrading, controversial way she can...

Sinead O'Connor's points are spot on about people who build their careers on their image and then don't know what to do with themselves when their looks fade. Look at how much Christina Aguilera has floundered since she piled on a heap of weight. Look at the laughing stock Madonna has turned herself into ever since that infamous pink leotard. Looks fade, but that addiction to attention doesn't, and that's what will happen to Miley Cyrus if she continues to be a shock jock. Look at Britney Spears, look at Lindsay Lohan, look at Amanda Bynes, look at all these other child stars who haven't been able to handle the real world once it's gone to their heads and they can't handle the crash back down to earth when they're no longer a hot commodity... we've seen it countless times since Hollywood came into existence and we'll see it countless more times in the future... Miley Cyrus would be wise to not respond to these open letters or to respond to them privately or publicly in a mature manner... because being rude about people who have nothing but genuine concern for you is really bratty and shows that Miley isn't a mature woman in control of her actions, but still a girl who isn't in control of her emotions and has no real awareness or understanding of what she's really doing to herself in the long run.[/QUOT

Very well put Zee.