Why we will hate Tom Cruise.

I believe Tom Cruise is a good guy, highly talented, etc.

But I think soon we will all hate him.

Because we need someone to hate. You can't hate the President - that's not a safe hate. You can be frustrated with his policy, but, you know, it's just unpatriotic somehow. And yet, the world is so full of troubles and woe and fear, that we need a good old scapegoat. Michael Jackson is just too weird to hate - hating him makes us think about him and that's queasy-time. And a good hate is highly visible. Tom, god bless him, is a safe goat.

Now that Tom has switched PR people, he's speaking out about Scientology, and has engaged Katie Holmes and is now 2/3 of the beautiful couple with lots of PDA.

Here's why we will all eventually hate Tom Cruise.

The name: it's cool. Anybody uncool will hate that.

The face: he's handsome. Anybody unhandsome will hate that.

The romance: he's engaged to Katie Holmes: all older women will hate that, all women NOT cute, perky and young will begrudge her and hate him for not picking one of their own.

The PDAs: we all want some. Out of resentment, we'll hate him (or her) for that. Mostly him.

The money: Tom's rich. The poorer can envy and hate him.

The Scientology: created by a science fiction writer - appears to defy religion. Unenlightened Churchgoers will hate that, and hate him.

The Know It All Putdown: Tom's attack on Psychiatry as "pseudo science." All 'needful' people will hate him for that. And Psychiatrists will hate him.

The Overexposure: Build someone up, then tear him down: Hate him.

I say it again, I think Tom is a true talent and probably a good guy. I'd like to be Tom Cruise. That way, when I hate myself, it won't be wasted the way it is now!