Antonella Barba: Do we REALLY need another party girl role model!?

I think it matters a great deal. People are losing sight of what an American "Idol" is. As a parent, I wouldn't want my own daughter idolizing any of these girls like Brittney, Lindsey or Paris. An idol is someone to be respected. But also someone that respects her/himself as well as everyone they come in contact with. An idol should be someone that everyone strives to be like. Someone that we should be proud to have them represent "American" idol for us. Personally, I don't think "any" pictures of Antonella, whether R or X rated are acceptable. She is a very pretty girl and shouldn't want to degrade herself in pictures like those.

I understand your concern, and I personally have a 15 year old daughter, but in life I try to make suggestions to her by how I model myself. Take a look at my slogan. My concern is again the same. Antonella is not running for president, and a female president could be someone that is idolized, not a little starlet. Just because someone sings or is born with a silver spoon in their mouth does not make them an idol in any way, shape or form. I think everyone going hog wild on this subject versus trying to get our president to stop a war is a little bit out of perspective. I will continue to model my beliefs to my daughter and set a good example. I will not expect some TV show to do it for me.

That's fine and dandy for you and anyone else. I am by no means saying that I think we should all choose to discuss American Idol over the president and his current agendas. But, can we at least discuss something other than that without saying it's "out of perspective?" That's kind of far fetched. Just because we discuss one thing, doesn't mean we're putting something else on the back burner. It's a forum packed full of different discussions and different opinions and I certainly respect yours. But, I'm not about to stop posting about anything but our president. No, she's not running for president, again, that's a bit far fetched, and with all due respect, out of perspective. To say that we shouldn't discuss anything other than our president and the war is just a bit.... insane. =/