Amy Winehouse dead

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Yea! I won $50 in the Amy Winehouse Death Pool!

Easy money. The others in the pool must be fooking idiots!!

 

[binkman]

she doesn't belong in the 27 club, she was nowhere near the artist as those members.

She wrote her own music. Not just another manufactured pop star IMHO.

 

[EoinMag]

It's a shame that the anonymity of the internet allows people to behave in ways that are considered repugnant in normal life.

RIP Amy, a great talent but unfortunately an even greater appetite for crack and booze that ended her life.

 

[isurf]

Yea! I won $50 in the Amy Winehouse Death Pool!

Not fare, you must have had some inside information!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

It's a shame that the anonymity of the internet allows people to behave in ways that are considered repugnant in normal life.

You really think people aren't saying the same stuff about her in real life?

 

[kjung]

I don't think cocaine and meth fall into the natural category on death certificates.

Sure they do. If you do too much, as she apparently (allegedly) did, naturally, you die!

 

[Homercidal]

I would have more compassion for her death if it weren't a well-known fact that abusing drugs can lead to death.

I have more feelings for the little kid who was shot while night fishing by the neighbor who was "apparently" shooting at a light by the lake.

 

[wildwest450]

Is it too late to trade her for the beebs??

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[onthekeg]

Q: What’s the difference between Amy Winehouse and Amy Winehouse jokes? A: The jokes will get old

 

[Bigscience]

Would it be strange if we find out she actually died of cancer on not drugs? Maybe she found out about it when she was living clean and then hit the crack pipe since she didn't have long to live.

Remember when MJ died and everybody said it was drugs but Latoya was the only one that said he was murdered? We all thought she was just Latoya being her crazy self.

Maybe she faked her own death to escape the fame. Who knows, she could still put out albums like Pac and Biggie.

 

[JonK331]

Have some respect folks. Someone died. yeah real funny. What if it was your daughter?

 

[onthekeg]

Have some respect folks. Someone died. yeah real funny. What if it was your daughter?

This wasn't an accident. It kills me how people are these days. She had been to rehab many times, she knew what she was doing. She commited suicide if anything. Charlie Sheen won't be too far behind in my book.

 

[Pappers_]

This wasn't an accident. It kills me how people are these days. She had been to rehab many times, she knew what she was doing. She commited suicide if anything. Charlie Sheen won't be too far behind in my book.

It doesn't matter if her death was suicide, murder, accidental, from illness or natural causes. It's still an occasion for sadness, in my opinion.

 

[JonK331]

Addiction is extremely powerful. More so for some. It is easy to sit back and call someone an idiot for ultimately killing themselves. Doesn't mean it's not tragic.

 

[passedpawn]

This wasn't an accident. It kills me how people are these days. She had been to rehab many times, she knew what she was doing. She commited suicide if anything. Charlie Sheen won't be too far behind in my book.

Suicide is tragic as well.

 

[Germelli1]

Meh, she let down fans and people who respected her by destroying herself. I went throught it with my all time favorite drummer from my absolute favorite band a few winters ago. Regardless of the person it is still saddening but you can't help but feel a little betrayed by the person.

 

[JonK331]

It doesn't matter if her death was suicide, murder, accidental, from illness or natural causes. It's still an occasion for sadness, in my opinion.

I totally agree. Making jokes about someones untimely death is beyond disrespect. Really bad behavior.

 

[onthekeg]

Addiction is extremely powerful. More so for some. It is easy to sit back and call someone an idiot for ultimately killing themselves. Doesn't mean it's not tragic.

This is faulty logic, because if I had somebody in my family that was that much of a disheveled, rotting zombie, thanks to personal choices, myself, and others, would first to try to help steer them in a better direction. Which her family did. If that failed once or twice, we’d realize that the individual simply doesn’t want to improve their odds of living. Then, when they die of their demons, it’s their fault, and their fault alone. Sure there is a loss, but its not like it was a car accident. I hope they are cracking jokes about me at my funeral. I guess it depends on the type of person you are.

 

[Boleslaus]

This is faulty logic, because if I had somebody in my family that was that much of a disheveled, rotting zombie, thanks to personal choices, myself, and others, would first to try to help steer them in a better direction. Which her family did. If that failed once or twice, we’d realize that the individual simply doesn’t want to improve their odds of living. Then, when they die of their demons, it’s their fault, and their fault alone. Sure there is a loss, but its not like it was a car accident. I hope they are cracking jokes about me at my funeral. I guess it depends on the type of person you are.

I'm assuming you don't know anyone who has committed suicide

 

[wildwest450]

Ok, don't fall off you're high horses, some people deal with tragedy through humor, get over it.


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[Clann]

Suicide is tragic as well.

No, suicide is stupid. One of my best friends commited suicide. All it does is cause grief for the ones who loved them.

 

[Pappers_]

No, suicide is stupid. One of my best friends commited suicide. All it does is cause grief for the ones who loved them.

Sorry for the loss of your friend, Clann. Its possible for suicide to be both stupid and tragic, no?

Ok, don't fall off you're high horses, some people deal with tragedy through humor, get over it.

And I'm not sure that expressing an opinion that this death is an occasion of sadness merits a 'get over it.'



Sometimes dark humor can be the best, its humor and tragedy all wrapped up together. No one's right or wrong in this, its both.
Perhaps this is an example of a thread that could use a little more restraint and civility from posters, in the interest of keeping the conversation friendly. There's been some chatter about keeping hbt convivial and inviting, this might be a time when we could practice that together.

 

[JonK331]

I'm assuming you don't know anyone who has committed suicide

Or anything about addiction.

 

[wildwest450]

And I'm not sure that expressing an opinion that this death is an occasion of sadness merits a 'get over it.'

No, but telling others how to deal with it does.

 

[Pappers_]

No, but telling others how to deal with it does.

My favorite approach usually involves beer, sometimes bourbon, and occasionally tequila

 

[Clann]

Sorry for the loss of your friend, Clann. Its possible for suicide to be both stupid and tragic, no?


I can agree on tragicly stupid, and selfish to add another. I did'nt mean to sound bad but suicide kinda hits close to home, he was a neighbor growing up and into adulthood. Killed himself at 25 yrs old.

But life goes on

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Some people behave totally different to others regarding the deaths of total strangers. I don't see why either "side" in this issue should be preaching to others on etiquette. We are all different, and no one has said anything thus far that was completely over the top IMO.

 

[passedpawn]

Ok, don't fall off you're high horses, some people deal with tragedy through humor, get over it.
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No one's on a horse here, but it may look that way when viewing from the gutter.

 

[cootball]

No one's on a horse here, but it may look that way when viewing from the gutter.

OH SNAP! But seriously, anyone close to her is probably not cruising this board so I see no reason to take offense to any comments made. I just try to keep in mind that we are all just insane apes waiting to expire while hurtling on a giant rock through space... when you look at it like that, the whole thing doesn't seem so tragic.

 

[Homercidal]

Tragecomedy. If we were always sad at every sad event in our lives, we'd live very sad lives.

I think there is room for recognizing the tragedy aspect in some things while coping with your favorite sense of humour.

And I'll save my real grief for people I actually care about, not screwed up celebrities with whom I have no connection. She has her family and friends to grieve for her.

Finally, when it comes right down to it, someone is dying every second of every day somewhere. Care to grieve for them all?