[Simsims]

Originally Posted by Spool

Then you'd have to start paying for healthcare like the rest of us...not worth the cheaper car discount...not by a long shot

doesn't your employer buy you health insurance?

[CamelBiscuit]

Originally Posted by NYCGP

Anyone that says "who the fuck cares?".. is too young to know just how great she was.. Simple as that. People started mourning her demise the day she married Bobby Brown..

You are talking about a singer with one of the most powerful voices in American music. She was an Icon. Regardless of her addictions.

Talking about troops in this thread is seriously ridiculous.. It can be used in any conversation... There will always be more important things to discuss... They go out there and fight so we can discuss simple things and mourn actors, athletes and musicians deaths. Instead of sitting here and harping on their deaths and her death... try remembering WHY they do what they do... and WHAT this woman did for a generation.

Wow! You got somewhat angry about this one.

[Kroy]

Originally Posted by CollinsE90

She raised the bar. I wasn't sticky residue in my dad's sack when Elvis was alive, but he transcended music. Whitney did this for her genre, she inspired new artists that sometimes helps me get through the day today.

Greg Maddux didn't directly assist me in baseball, but he inspired me to be a better player when I did play.

It doesn't have to be direct to affect someones life.

these people clearly haven't seen The Bodyguard, just like how you clearly haven't seen the original Star Wars.

Originally Posted by Templar

Kobe wasn't found guilty of a crime. Whitney admitted to being a druggie.

But I get it, we're talking about two different Whitney Houston's... I see. I didn't know there were two different people here, the Wikipedia article only mentions one.

You're right, it's not worth arguing....

can't tell if that was serious.

And in regards to your Kobe comment, what about Michael Jackson? MJ wasn't convicted either.

[Templar]

Originally Posted by Kroy

these people clearly haven't seen The Bodyguard, just like how you clearly haven't seen the original Star Wars.



can't tell if that was serious.

And in regards to your Kobe comment, what about Michael Jackson? MJ wasn't convicted either.

Wasn't being serious.

What about MJ? I didn't cry when he passed away either...

[Kroy]

Originally Posted by Templar

Wasn't being serious.

What about MJ? I didn't cry when he passed away either...

i'm really not sure what your point is then.. so would you cry for kobe? you used him as a positive example regarding houston and her drug addiction.

[Brain]

xanax/alcohol combination cause of death. what a great person who lived a great life.

[Templar]

Originally Posted by Kroy

i'm really not sure what your point is then.. so would you cry for kobe? you used him as a positive example regarding houston and her drug addiction.

You must not be reading everything.

Collins used Kobe as an analogy for my logic, basically saying based on my logic if Kobe died, he was nothing but a rapist so it shouldn't matter. I just said to him that the analogy isn't quite the same, because Kobe wasn't proven guilty of anything, while Whitney admitted to using drugs.

I never said that Whitney's death means nothing. I said I won't cry for her or be sad that a drug addict died, nor am I shocked/surprised that it happened. The main point of my argument is that I do believe we should remember her contribution to music, but I won't cry or be sad that she died because, well... she was a drug addict, and drug addicts die sometimes well before their time. And the social media attention whores are out in full force, with complete randoms "crying" and "in complete shock" that she is gone. Don't understand that one bit...