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Singer Whitney Houston dies at 48

Started by Amicale, February 12, 2012, 03:31:15 AM

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Sweetdeath

Quote from: Amicale on February 19, 2012, 03:48:19 AM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on February 19, 2012, 03:29:17 AM
Argh, so sick of hearing about this already. Every store in nyc is blasting her music. X_x

You know the saying. When one person dies, we see it as a tragedy; when thousands die, we see it as statistics. The same day Whitney Houston died, thousands of other people across the world who we'll never hear of died, too. She temporarily gets the attention because she was famous, and had some talent. I saw video on the news of people sobbing in the streets over her. It's really unfortunate she died, just as it's unfortunate anyone does... but *shrug* none of us make it out of this world alive. I actually think it's much MORE of a shame that the one life she did have contained some pretty poor choices, but hey.

I think it's beyond idiotic to cry over someone you don't know personally.
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Enogh now! She died, she has been planted. Can we please get back on with it (whaterer it is).  >:(


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En_Route

Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on February 19, 2012, 01:40:24 AM
Quote from: En_Route on February 18, 2012, 09:31:47 PM
Is Christina Aguilera slated to sing at her funeral? If so, I want the photographic evidence.

No, Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder will be singing, and Kevin Costner is going to speak.  We'll just have to wait and see if any of them wear anything plunging.


I sincerely hope Aretha isn't.And also Kevin Costner for that matter.
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But Stevie Wonder in a plunging neckline would be just fine?   ;D

En_Route

Quote from: Ali on February 19, 2012, 02:54:22 PM
But Stevie Wonder in a plunging neckline would be just fine?   ;D

He has an excuse for sartorial faux pas.
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statichaos

Quote from: Sweetdeath on February 19, 2012, 05:24:57 AM
I think it's beyond idiotic to cry over someone you don't know personally.

I don't completely agree.  We can be touched by the circumstances of a death or the horror of it (I knew no one who died on 9/11, but I still cried).  We can be so influenced by a person's work that we feel their loss as keenly as if we had known them, as I felt when Kurt Cobain died.  We can simply feel the loss of someone gone too young, or in a manner that speaks to a tragedy in their life.  All of this affects me on an emotional level, and I don't find it so much idiotic as I do human.

Sandra Craft

Quote from: statichaos on February 19, 2012, 11:17:35 PM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on February 19, 2012, 05:24:57 AM
I think it's beyond idiotic to cry over someone you don't know personally.

I don't completely agree.  We can be touched by the circumstances of a death or the horror of it (I knew no one who died on 9/11, but I still cried).  We can be so influenced by a person's work that we feel their loss as keenly as if we had known them, as I felt when Kurt Cobain died.  We can simply feel the loss of someone gone too young, or in a manner that speaks to a tragedy in their life.  All of this affects me on an emotional level, and I don't find it so much idiotic as I do human.

I agree.  I was trying to think of a way to say the same thing, but your post needs no duplication.
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Amicale

Quote from: statichaos on February 19, 2012, 11:17:35 PM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on February 19, 2012, 05:24:57 AM
I think it's beyond idiotic to cry over someone you don't know personally.

I don't completely agree.  We can be touched by the circumstances of a death or the horror of it (I knew no one who died on 9/11, but I still cried).  We can be so influenced by a person's work that we feel their loss as keenly as if we had known them, as I felt when Kurt Cobain died.  We can simply feel the loss of someone gone too young, or in a manner that speaks to a tragedy in their life.  All of this affects me on an emotional level, and I don't find it so much idiotic as I do human.

Really good post, and I agree also. Sometimes I also cry when someone's lost even though I didn't know them, because the horrible pain of others who miss them gets to me... or for the reasons you already posted.


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