When I think of people being put on a pedestal, I ALWAYS think of Princess Diana. I bet you're like 'What the....!?!' but when you look at it the whole world grovelled at her feet and believed that she was truly the greatest humanitarian the world had ever seen.

Now if you remember when she died there was EXCESSIVE news coverage. I remember her funeral was the only event on tv to be publicly broadcasted on EVERY tv station at the one time here in Australia. Everyone was so sad that she had died, even those who never knew her personally. To the world, at this time she seemed to be the finest lady ever.

2 weeks after she died Mother Theresa died. Was there coverage of the circumstances of her death? No. Was there coverage of her funeral? No. A great many people were saddened that this amazing woman had died but it seemed that the world couldn't care because she wasn't on the same level as Princess Di.

Some could debate that point but it just makes me so enraged to her it when Princess Diana is put on the same pedestal as Mother Theresa. Mother Theresa took a pledge to poverty and dedicating ever resource she ever came across to helping the poor and forgotten. Princess Di married into one of the wealthiest families in the world and had too much cash to splash. So she gave some away to a few charities and visited some places where her money would be put to use but always returned to her 5 star hotels and palaces.

This is where the whole pedestal thing is wrong. The world was too eager to put Princess Diana up on a pedestal that they ignored one of the most inspiring and compassionate women of our time. Princess Diana did not compare to her greatness but there would be many in the Western World who would disagree.

I couldn't agree more that the whole pedestal thing is damaging. The pedestals should only be reserved for those who are great AND very modest.