Originally posted by R.Miller:
Cash was[...]an American icon.
Why was he an icon, then. Was he an icon because the critics said he was, or because you said so? Madonna is also an icon to some. As is Justin Timberlake.
You
DO treat the subject of Cash as a devout orthodox worshiper would treat a scrap of religious iconography. As an icon, you hold him in secret reverance...and only you, or those so enlightened, can appreciate the aura surrounding Johnny's iconic image.
I think you really meant to say, "Johnny Cash was an iconoclast." But then again, I forgive you for not knowing the difference, what with you 'lording' your
superior 'state teachers college' education over us mere mortals...it's clearly not your fault you're stupid.