Hero worship in general and of "experts" in particular

I dislike Hero-Worship of any form. Madrasis as they referred to by North Indians anyone south of Mumbai are experts in Hero-Worship.

They have temples for film actors and politicians, some idiots even self-immolate(burn themselves to death!!) for e.g. on the death of a film star known as MGR

Here's a cut and paste from the Wiki entry death of a film star known as MGR

MGR passed away on December 24, 1987 after his prolonged illness. His death sparked off a frenzy of looting and rioting all over the state of Tamil Nadu. Shops, movie theaters, buses and other public and private property became the target of violence let loose all over the state. The police had to resort issuing shoot-at-sight orders, something seldom seen or heard of in democratic India.[citation needed] The violence during the funeral alone left 29 people dead and 47 police personnel badly wounded. [3],[4] This state of affairs continued for almost a month all over the state of Tamil Nadu. Around one million[5] people followed his remains, around 30 followers committed suicide and lakhs of people had their heads tonsured.

Which is why I dislike the hero-worship of Obama and attacks on anyone who criticizes his policies or administration.

The job of any good journalist and not the idiot hacks who masquerade as one both on the main news networks CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox and print media like Washington post, FT, NYT ..is to always question and criticize the government.

All governments lie and cover up their incompetence.

In the same vein, I find it surprising how people quote so called "experts" on matters and take it as the gospel without bothering to check the evidence or asking for it.