I realize I'm going to look like a jerk for picking on Anna Nicole Smith like this; especially after the recent loss of her son due to a suspected drug overdose. But still, Anna Nicole Smith is a mess even outside of her recent grief-stricken-ness. I don't think people quite realize to what degree she is affected.
The product of a broken home, she married her first husband at 17; meeting him while working at a fried chicken establishment. Due to the wonderful gent she chose to betroth being abusive, that marriage lasted only long enough for her to pump out her first kid.-á
After the divorce she started stripping to support herself, and subsequently met elderly oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall. She seems to have a knack for meeting husbands while on the job. Using Marshall's money to buy breast implants and publicists, both of them boobs, she rocketed herself to stardom as a Playboy Playmate and Guess? Jeans model.
While her self-proclaimed role model is Marilyn Monroe, lately it seems like her behavior has taken more of a turn for Courtney Love. She's very obviously chemically altered and unable to communicate at public appearances. Her mood fluctuates wildly, and she's admitted to having issues with binge eating. She's not a stable person, and so it only seems fitting that she decide to pump out yet another kid on Sept. 7.
This is the part I take issue with - and I think this is the root of many of the problems we have in our society. We have people who are not stable deciding they are going to undertake something that is difficult for even the most able people.
I don't care too much what people do to themselves, but I begin to care when they start bringing tinier versions of themselves into the world for future generations to enjoy. Sure Anna Nicoles new kid could end up doing okay, but I'm just doing the math on how she has turned out and her track record with children so far.
And the problem isn't just Anna Nicole, there are many more Anna Nicole's out there and they tend to create more of themselves with each passing generation. These people don't know that they're doing any harm, but magically their children end up growing up in the same environment they grew up in.
Anna Nicole grew up without a father, and her children will grow up without fathers. Her mother was unstable, and now she will yet again be an unstable mother for her child. It is a cycle, and it is very nearly child abuse from the moment the child exits the womb.
There is no easy solution. Procreation is a biological imperative, but what separates us from the rest of nature is overriding our primal instincts when we know better.
Children don't just happen.
Condoms, birth control, morning-after pill, and adoption are all viable strategies. All that any one person can do is make sure they, themselves, are not an Anna Nicole. This requires people to be honest with themselves, and think very clearly as to what is best for the child outside of their own feelings.
I'm not sure Anna Nicole has done this.
John Rozewicki is a junior telecommunications and Japanese major and writes 'Supreme Narcissism' for the Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.
Write to John at jjrozewicki@notarrogant.com.
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