Entry nº 39

Fanatism

Nowadays fanatism is an activity that provokes an apassionate furor. Young people tend to hero-worship or idolize famous people, especially famous actors, actresses, supermodels, singers and music bands.
Sometimes fans get obsessed with their idols. Many teenagers get so mentally affected that have even attempted suicide because their parents have realized of their problem and tried to prohibit them any thing related with their idols such as posters or every sort of merchandicing. Many parents do not know how to deal with their children`s problem.
Sports are also another issue that have thousands of fanatics around the world. In my country and in many countries of Latin America the sport that has most fans is football.
Supporters of many football teams are ardent fans, they will watch every match of their favourite team or even will travel to the cities where the team plays.
Football fans are in its vast majority men, but there are also many women. The relationship between the supporters of two traditional rival teams in one of blind hatred ratherd than sporting rivalry. This strong rivalry has caused violent incidents among them inside and outside the field.