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Is it right for celebrities to sell pictures of their babies?

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Yes
40% 166 votes Total: 417 votes
No
60% 251 votes

Yes

by Jimmy

Created on: July 29, 2008   Last Updated: August 27, 2008

With new babies you have new baby pictures; everybody wants to see the new baby! Even though this event has reoccurred billions of times since we've been keeping score. But! We are still interested in the miracle of birth, once more!

A new baby holds the hope of a generation to either improve, or tear down the humane progress of mankind. That's way too much pressure for the young ones to handle, so it's up to the parents to make the right decision, on a strictly independent basis.

The first test, as to whether or not to expose your child is , is there anybody calling for a picture? In the case of Brad and Angie, there are quite a few calling.

Most recently, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt sired up this controversy procreating; the way all of us are driven; however for them, it was within the confines of a curious and determined pack of paparazzi.

It was a no brain'er to for this couple, and from a "long distance onlookers" point of view, it makes a lot of sense. Angelina and Brad are a special couple, they have superstar attraction, where their followers worship the very ground they walk on, while they seem to prefer to practice their craft of acting, then use their free time, and influence, employed in real humanitarian issues.

Frankly either world of superstardom, or worship, are very far away even though I'm only an hour away by car, so the attraction for me is the whole phenomenon of hero, and hero worship.

I really don't get it but please continue, it is most entertaining from this facet.

It seems to me, Angie and Brad are on a path less traveled, not very typical but, they are not your typical couple either. From a fans perspective their sincerity is genuine I feel they prefer to perpetuate "good fibes" over bad. You may not see it that way, but no matter what opinion you may have over their endeavors or motivations, you can't deny that they certainly display an uplifting spirit, more than one of tearing down!

With the birth the twins they had to make choices most of us will never have to make in order to insure privacy, including giving birth far from the swarm of prying eyes here in the states and elsewhere in the world, and selling rights for a coveted prize, pictures of their personal little miracles, not typical choices for anyone, but extraordinary to say the least!

Yea we are curious, but we should be even more respectful, the same way you would be we a new mother in your household.

In this case, with mutual respect, from the curious media, and the happy couple's response, this shows that there is still hope in the world, for people to coexist so far away from our natural roots.

I'll say it again, it's a no brain'er! To a media that needs to be controlled, Angelina and Brad satisfied their desire, and at the same time, they channeled all that energy into support for charitable and humane objectives. With grace and ease they managed to preserve their privacy while managing the hounds, and in today's world you must tread far from the path to find such privacy. Touch.

Hollywood should have written the story first, but often, real life paints the picture before our eyes instead. Every case is an individual case and should be handled accordingly. In the case of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, I don't think you could have found anyone better to handle this strange modern phenom. In the name of; Judge Roy Bean I say, "That's my rulin'"!

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No

by Anna Maria Ryan

Created on: June 01, 2009   Last Updated: June 22, 2009

Exploitation of children is wrong, no matter what age they are. Whether their famous parents give the fee they receive to charity or not is irrelevant. They are still taking an action that could result in regret, embarrassment and even danger for that child. Is that really something good parents would do? No, but celebrity parents would. Anything to make those fifteen minutes of fame shine a little longer.

As an adult we can choose to do whatever we like. If we want to be an astronaut, and want to put the work in to achieve that, we can do it. If someone wants to be a stripper and make their living that way, they can do it, that is their choice. Babies appearing in high or low class magazines, depending on the celebrity, have been denied the right to make that choice. Why does society accept this? Because celebrities are today's royalty and nobility. They live lives that we can only dream of and we need to know everything about them.

It doesn't seem to matter how far up the showbiz ladder a person is, they will not skip a chance to get a little more cash or publicity. So you have the high rankers like Angelina Jolie and the ones at the very bottom like Kerry Katona opening up their homes a few weeks after giving birth to their precious little bundles, greedy hands out, taking payments from the paparazzi vultures. Just because they have sold their souls for a slice of fame, shouldn't mean it's OK for them to sell their infant's first moments, pushing them into the spotlight before they even know how to smile.

If people such as Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise, Jordan and the rest wish to live their lives in the public eye, it is up to them. Though I may not agree with what some of them do for a lving, it is their choice and they're adults, so little can be done to change what they are doing, whether it be taking off their clothes for a movie, taking off their clothes for a magazine or jumping up and down on a talk show host's couch, it is fully within their rights to do that. However, when they sell pictures of their children to magazines they are performing an action that effects directly another person's life, yet this person has absolutely no choice about it. This is not right, and it should not be accepted.

When these babies grow up they have to live with these pictures for the rest of their lives. They have to live with the knowledge that their parents were so desperate for fame or so greedy for cash that they not only sold their own rights to privacy but they sold their kids' too. Because of the phenomenon of celebrity and the general public's obsession with it, their will be a lot of children of famous parents keeping L.A. therapists very rich in the future.

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