With great power...

"With Great Power comes Great Responsibility", this is a famous line from Spiderman, the movie. Or at least where I heard it first. The second time I heard it was from my friend who does not fully agree with my blog In Defense of Salman Khan. And I do agree with him that famous people, be it celebrities, sportsmen or politicians, all have a duty of setting good examples for the people who love or adore them. This is what they have to do because they have visibility and what they say reaches more people than a normal person trying to make this world better. For example, when Brad Pitt took up the ONE Campaign to get rid of African poverty, more people came to know the real issues of Africa than, if some non-profit organization member had done three times more work.
I believe in an ideal world this would be possible but in today's world where there are so many distractions and temptations, that a person who can sustain those is truly something more than human. And as they say "To err is human". After all these big personalities are human, they have the same desires as you and me, be it love or money. They are in a high profile profession probably because they are good at it. Yes, they have to pay the price of fame. But they do not have any super powers and they will make mistakes.