RIP Whitney Houston — Page 2

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!

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And how can you guys worry about Star Wars when there are AMERICAN SOLDIERS fighting and dying out there every day!?

walkingdork said:

 

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.

I don't see it as holier than thou.

 It's the assy "People die all the time, that's life" "No obligation to care" as if we're all to stupid to know that.

Because one look at the posts in this thread show that everyone was weeping and gnashing their teeth in soul crushing grief over out deep relationship with the late Ms Houstan.

Paramecium's profound wisdom has deeply moved me. I will no longer spend all my waking hours weeping over obituaries of people I've never met.

My name is not Susan.

walkingdork said:

 

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.

I don't see it as holier than thou. People die all the time and if I tried to care/grieve for even half of them, I would end up killing myself. I've never met Whitney Houston, I don't know anyone who is associated with her in anyway. I probably enjoyed some song at some point in her life but I never was a big fan. So when she died, I said something along the lines of, "Really? huh," and that was it. I see know reason to care beyond that. If her family is said, I feel for them, but the fact that someone who I don't know died doesn't make me care. I can only care about the living in that case (like her family).

When Princess Di died, I was too young too much about her beyond her social status and that others held her in high regard. So when she died, I watched the news, thought about it for a moment, and then went on with my life. I don't think I'm holier than thou for not caring beyond that.

Sorry, I'm super high, and that was way too long.

*shakes head is disgust and disbelief*

Why did I create this thread.  

Fink, use your mod powers and delete it please.

Sluggo said:

Fink, use your mod powers and delete it please.

I wanna dance with somebody.

Excuse me, but this thread has been deleted. Any posts you make from this point on are merely a product of your own deranged imagination.

Don't you wanna dance?
Say you wanna dance.
Don't you wanna dance? (dance!)

Don't you wanna dance?
Say you wanna dance.
Don't you wanna dance? (dance!)

Thanks Sir Finksalot.  

In place of that, I've found a cool mashup of some of her songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAjRKTh0jCY