|
» GC Stats |
Members: 329,881
Threads: 115,687
Posts: 2,207,050
|
| Welcome to our newest member, aalexislitle726 |
|
 |
|
02-12-2012, 08:59 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 433
|
|
|
She was a beautiful woman and a marvelous entertainer with an amazing voice!!!!! R.I.P Whitney!!!
|
02-13-2012, 03:28 AM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: May 2005
Location: in the midst of a 90s playlist
Posts: 9,819
|
|
|
^^We were talking about that on Facebook. And the ringtone site I use no longer has any free Whitney ringtones. All the free ones have been removed and all that's left are ones at $2.99. While it's their right to do so...that sucks. Total morale killer.
__________________
"We have letters. You have dreams." ~Senusret I
"My dreams have become letters." ~christiangirl
|
02-13-2012, 04:01 AM
|
|
Super Moderator
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Southeast Asia
Posts: 9,027
|
|
|
Article is kinda wrong. It's not Apple that raise the price but the record company. Apple is just following the price that the record company gave them.
__________________
Spambot Killer 
|
02-13-2012, 10:21 AM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Looking for freedom in an unfree world...
Posts: 4,215
|
|
|
I'm still in shock.
Steve Harvey (this morning) just had on Kellie Price who performed w/ Whitney Wednesday night at what turned out to be Whitney's last public appearance/performance. She set the record straight on a lot of the "noise".
I watched the Grammys to hear J-Hud's tribute (long show to sit through) but J-Hud did it big.
I always held on to the thought that Whitney would make it all the way back. Her voice was so strong and captivating; it seemed she had an extra gear (range) to go to that other singers just did not have.
Like the rest of us, Whitney had bumps in the road, but she did her thing. May God bless her soul, give her rest and strengthen her family and friends.
__________________
For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.
~ Luke 19:10
Last edited by TonyB06; 02-13-2012 at 10:29 AM.
|
02-13-2012, 11:11 AM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Beantown, USA
Posts: 562
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by christiangirl
I've seen a huge outpouring of love from Whitney fans tonight and now that the initial shock is wearing off, people are showing their behinds. It's like Amy Winehouse all over again. I feel the same way now as I did then: It doesn't matter what hardships a person had (whether self-inflicted or not), there are things you just don't say about people while others are grieving them. There are some things you just don't say about people at all.
The things I'm seeing and hearing (elsewhere on the interwebz) are so distasteful. She had a huge influence on many lives and, more importantly, she was family to somebody no matter what she did. Now is the time to honor her memory or be indifferent if you want, not claim her faults as reasons no one should grieve her.
|
I don't believe in bashing people, airing their dirty laundry (alive or dead), however why is it that when someone dies they all of a sudden become a saint beyond measure and not a bad word can be said about them (Whitney Houston, Famous, or otherwise)?
|
02-13-2012, 11:21 AM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: but I am le tired...
Posts: 7,282
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ch2tf
I don't believe in bashing people, airing their dirty laundry (alive or dead), however why is it that when someone dies they all of a sudden become a saint beyond measure and not a bad word can be said about them (Whitney Houston, Famous, or otherwise)?
|
I think there's a difference between making someone a saint and vilifying someone because of their addictions. I would imagine CG's referring to the folks that are saying she doesn't deserve to be mourned because she "brought it on herself."
For two reasons: Still don't know yet the role drug use played in her death, AND such statements show a profound misunderstanding of addiction as an illness.
|
02-13-2012, 12:31 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Birmingham, AL
Posts: 739
|
|
According to TMZ, the preliminary coroner's findings are that she died from mixing multiple prescription drugs with alcohol:
http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/13/whitne...owning-atlanta
|
02-13-2012, 01:47 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Virginia and London
Posts: 1,025
|
|
|
I agree that we should mourn the passing of a substantial talent and have deep sympathy for her, but I am somewhat taken aback by the volume and extent of praise and adulation heaped upon someone who misused drugs and alcohol to such an extent that she instrumental in her own death.
I would suggest that we pray for her, as I did when I heard the news, and then try to view this as a cautionary tale that there are consequences to acts of self destruction. Responsibility attends one's actions.
Sincere sympathy - yes! Prayers - yes! Praise and adulation - somewhat inappropriate.
Let us remember her, let us feel for her, but at the end of the day perhaps praise and adulation are more appropriate to someone a bit more like Mother Theresa of Calcutta.
Now, considering that I believe absolutely in the infinite mercy of Our Lord I am confident that Ms. Houston, along with Mother Theresa, is safely home with Our Lord in Heaven. So, no I am not playing the awful game of holier than thou. I am saying that one can have love and sympathy for her without holding her up as a role model to be emulated.
__________________
A man has to believe in something, I believe I'll have another drink.
|
02-13-2012, 02:21 PM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 679
|
|
|
No one is saying she was a lifestyle role model. I agree with you about viewing this as a cautionary tale. But the creative achievements of her life do deserve praise and adulation, and people who will miss her voice are right to offer them. She was and always will be a standard-setter when it comes to female vocalists. That's one reason that the cautionary tale is so sad.
|
02-13-2012, 02:54 PM
|
 |
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Sweet Home Indiana
Posts: 2,087
|
|
|
I feel badly for her daughter. She's 19, lost her mom, dad is Bobby Brown who's on tour right now, had some issues of her own. I hope she has family members who will be able to provide some stability and support for her now and in the future.
__________________
Sigma Kappa
One Heart One Way since 1874
|
02-13-2012, 03:04 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 14,146
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap
I feel badly for her daughter. She's 19, lost her mom, dad is Bobby Brown who's on tour right now, had some issues of her own. I hope she has family members who will be able to provide some stability and support for her now and in the future.
|
Clarification - She's 18 and Bobby is in LA with her as of 9 last night
__________________
*does side bends and sit-ups*
*doesn't lose butt*
|
02-13-2012, 04:46 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 17
|
|
|
DEKEGUY, agree!
Do we hold a person with talent to high?
They are just people like each of us and have the sme problems we do.
No matter what, it is such a sad time to lose a person like Whitney.
RIP Baby Girl. You had a good run, but also a tough time!
|
02-13-2012, 04:48 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Home.
Posts: 8,261
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by steveg
DEKEGUY, agree!
Do we hold a person with talent to high?
They are just people like each of us and have the sme problems we do.
No matter what, it is such a sad time to lose a person like Whitney.
RIP Baby Girl. You had a good run, but also a tough time!
|
Really, Tom Earp?
|
02-13-2012, 04:49 PM
|
|
GreekChat Member
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: but I am le tired...
Posts: 7,282
|
|
|
I was going to commend him for flying under the radar so long but it looks like he was sniffed out within a few posts.
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
