Words Like Locusts Flew From Her Fingers

Fanaticism Isn’t A Good Thing. Ever.

Martin Sheen opens up about son Charlie’s drug use | TuscaloosaNews.com

Nothing ever gets done unless it’s done by a fanatic.

Absolutely. Look how well fanaticism has worked for those Al Qaeda fellows.

I have to admit, when I saw the cover of this AARP magazine with Martin Sheen’s quote on the front, I said out loud, “What the fuck?? Is he nuts?”

It turns out, he was really just talking about having become a “fanatic” in terms of trying to get his kid (the perennially screwed up Charlie Sheen) off drugs.

I have to wonder what the hell AARP’s editors were thinking when they chose that quote for the cover, though. Do they not understand the word? To be a fanatic is to replace reason with ideology. It’s not a good thing to be. While some have questioned Sheen’s devotion to the Catholic church, it’s never been conclusively shown (to me, at least) that he’s a fanatic. So…