Singer Amy Winehouse found dead

[NUMBERICA]

I'm sorry this turned into a semantic battle and that homosexuality is somehow being maligned with a totally crippling and universally destructive ailment.

 

[TroutBum]

Is there a cure for addiction yet?

Actually, I was reading Scientific American yesterday and there was an article about how the use of hallucinogens, namely mushrooms, is being seriously studied for it's ability to help people fight addiction. Don't ask me how, but I want to sign up for a test study!

 

[Cope]

Should have went to Rehab.. yeah yeah yeah

 

[Archie Moses]

Everyone except for the mentally ill or mentally handicapped are responsible for their actions. I picked and chose, and the weirdest thing happened, there were more options than the ones presented me.

Don't you think those who are addicted to drugs have both the physical and mental need to please their addiction? In other words, being addicted is both physically and mentally handicapping, or no?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I think addiction is a self imposed disease. You have to be a weak person to allow yourself to get that low for it to become debilitating and crippling. I wouldn't categorize it in the same group as cancer, which can just happen to somebody, even the healthiest of people.

And to the shrooms/halunigen study, that makes a lot of sense to me as someone who has done those kind of drugs before. Usually after you do them, you have a "moment of clarity" experience and are able to really look at your life in an honest way. If you were a heroin/crack addict, that outlook would be "Holy **** I am a loser. I need to stop doing this.".

 

[kwb]

^^^ That sounds like a reason for me to give them a try for the first time. Watched an episode of Entourage when they tripped on shrooms. Seems like fun but not this part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2QuZHz0Iqg

 

[Dtol17]

I think he was just pointing out that Cobain and Nirvana sucked, and shouldn't be put into the same category of the previous. I would agree.

As for this drug addicted tool, I say good riddance. Her music sucked, her attitude sucked, her face sucked. She was in a position of fame, had many fans that were young and impressionable, and this is what she was all about. Congrats, you stupid ugly bitch.

Wait wait wait...I know you're Trout and all, but were you not the guy ripping on people in the Osama thread for celebrating death? Winehouse dying>Osama dying? I don't get it.

 

[kwb]

I didn't see it as Trout celebrating her death. I saw it as him stating his opinion is all. I'm sure he doesn't like Osama and will gladly say bad things about him if you asked.

 

[Dtol17]

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought it was also made clear that he thought no person deserved to die and that those who are in favor of death, regardless of the situation, were in the wrong. Again, I could be off on this one, it may have been someone else. I just think saying "Good Riddance" in reference to the death of a young woman that we no virtually nothing about, besides her addictions, is a bit harsh, especially while being on the other side of the argument when referring to a mass murderer and terrorist war lord. I still heart Trout.

 

[kwb]

I can't remember exactly what was said either. I remember seeing something about her on the news a while back and my exact thought was, "How has she not overdosed yet?"

 

[Dtol17]

I certainly agree with this. Unfortunate, but it seemed inevitable. I never had any interest in her music, personal life, or 15 minutes of fame, but it's sad regardless of her demons.

 

[TroutBum]

Wait wait wait...I know you're Trout and all, but were you not the guy ripping on people in the Osama thread for celebrating death? Winehouse dying>Osama dying? I don't get it.

My beef was with the American public dancing around and celebrating like they'd just won the world cup. My second beef was that Osama was very likely murdered. Ya, ya, he was a murderer, etc. but he deserved a fair trial. With the eyes of the world on the USA, we as a people/nation, dropped the ball and became the very thing we were fighting against.

I didn't see it as Trout celebrating her death. I saw it as him stating his opinion is all. I'm sure he doesn't like Osama and will gladly say bad things about him if you asked.

I'm not celebrating her death at all, but just like Osama, it's better that she's dead; or in other words, good riddance. She was a burden to society, a very poor role model for her fans, and an all-around dead beat loser.

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought it was also made clear that he thought no person deserved to die and that those who are in favor of death, regardless of the situation, were in the wrong. Again, I could be off on this one, it may have been someone else. I just think saying "Good Riddance" in reference to the death of a young woman that we no virtually nothing about, besides her addictions, is a bit harsh, especially while being on the other side of the argument when referring to a mass murderer and terrorist war lord. I still heart Trout.

Wrong. I am all for death. I support the death penalty. I do not support murder in the name of "freedom", and I sure as hell don't support celebrity losers who write songs about how they said no to rehab, spit in the face of good sense and decency, and then killed themselves slowly with drugs. Again, good riddance.