TheBoost said:

Paramecium302 said:

I don't get why I should care. People die all the time, that's life. Unless the person had a profound effect on your life, there is absolutely no obligation to care.

You can set your watch by it. Every time someone famous dies there's the "why should I care?" holier-than-thou post.

^ what he said.

darth_ender said:

Warbler, were you aware that an ICE agent was killed in California today? It even made the news. Instead of spending his days addicted to drugs, he probably (key word) was largely a law-abiding citizen with a wife and kids. Of course I don't know this, but nevertheless, such things do happen daily to better people than Whitney Houston. Do you think they're going to fly the flag at half mast in CA? Heck, the governor would probably order the Mexican flag put up instead in celebration. *Okay, I know that's extreme, but we know how most of CA feels about illegal immigration.*

1. the family and friends of the ICE agent have my sympathy. I will pray for them. I do care about the ICE. My point is that one can care for the death of the ICE agent and Whitney Houston.

2. as for Christie ordering the flags to fly at half mast, I suppose you can argue that it was wrong. I don't think he meant any offense by it, I am sure he wouldn't think the death of an ICE agent was unimportant.

3. Paramecium302 wasn't arguing that the flags shouldn't be at half mast, he was arguing that we shouldn't care that Whitney Houston died. And he did it rather insensitively.

darth_ender said:

Oh, since I've never had the honor...*clears throat*...WRONG PICTURE!