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Poll: Does her death deserve the media coverage it is getting?
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Whitney Houston
#11
RE: Whitney Houston
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Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
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#12
RE: Whitney Houston
The public deserves to know where she kept her stash.
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#13
RE: Whitney Houston
The cult of celebrity has always bemused me.

The outpouring of apparent grief at the death of Princess Diana left me stunned. Most of the bereft people had never met the woman and knew only what they had seen in the media about her character and her life. Same with Whitney Huston and Michael Jackson.

Took me a while to work it out. The mass behaviour falls under the broad heading of maudlin sentiment, like crying over a sad movie; it is not to be mistaken for actual feelings..


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#14
RE: Whitney Houston
Vae, by that standard then people can shake their heads at Michael Jackson's death - he seemed to have influenced a bunch of people before he went nuts. On the other hand, you should know (or the creator of that meme pic should know) that metal is the devil's music, whereas Whitney "sang gospel" and therefore no one gives a shit about a metalhead dying, but one of god's daughters...well we better mourn her as a hero.

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#15
RE: Whitney Houston
Hey now... other than being a child molester: Michael Jackson is somewhat cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2bijuK9LMk

* Violet shrugs.

And his contribution to music seems pretty solid to me.
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Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
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#16
RE: Whitney Houston
(February 18, 2012 at 5:01 pm)Vaeolet Lilly Blossom Wrote: [Image: music-fails-just-sayin.jpg]

But did he want to dance with somebody......somebody who realy loved him.



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#17
RE: Whitney Houston
Quote:Hey now... other than being a child molester: Michael Jackson is somewhat cool.

Indeed. Just like this------


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#18
RE: Whitney Houston
As far as I'm concerned, she, Michael Jackson and everyone else who has died recently with far too much fame that can possibly be good for them have not warrented the clogging up of the news that their deaths have achieved.

Celebreties and their following have almost achieved an almost religious status in the lives of many, where them and their exploits are followed avidly. Fame, money, partying are what their lives mostly consisted of, and they have simply suffered the consiquences of the lives they have led.

But did they rescue people from burning buildings? fight crime in dangerous areas? travel to war torn countries to give aid to those less fortunate than themselves? Get ordered off to fight and die in a pointless war and do so without question? dedicate their lives to curing fatal diseases?

what makes them more worthy of media coverage than a death of a fireman?
What makes their deaths more tragic than that of a young soldier dying in Iraq or Afghanistan?
What makes the loss of a singer with more money than sense greater than that of a doctor who dedicated his/her life to helping people?
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#19
RE: Whitney Houston
I think it's definitely OK she gets her media coverage. Why not? She had a great voice and she is a part of Americana. What else better is there to watch on T.V. anyways? More fucking C.S.I. episodes or Jersey Shore? She sang good songs, especially compared to today's synthesized garbage and lame remixes.
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#20
RE: Whitney Houston
How about more of the news from around the world that doesn't get enough coverage in any case.
Quote:Frankly, I wish that the fruits of my work useful and glorious appearing of the world that the fruits of my labor awaken the mind and unlock the feeling of those who are deprived of light.
Ridiculous to say, outside the sky was nothing.
There is not one world, one earth, one sun, but as many worlds as we see bright sparks on us.


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