Amy Winehouse.RIP

Read the first ten words of my last post. I never said it is my place to "tolerate" or not. Just that it is poor taste and bad form. This thread was obviously started for members to show their respects concerning the death of a human being.
Maybe you should start a new thread "Talentless Junkies Deserve No Respect" and anyone who likes that sort of thing could join on in. Unlike you, I would choose not to and respectfully decline to participate.

just because someone is a self-destructive junkie does not preclude them the following:
* loving others
* being loved by others
* being compassionate to others
* receiving compassion from others

anger, sadness, frustration, resignation--all normal responses.

callousness, insults and cynicism all reflect on the author more than the deceased.

think about the corpse you'd leave behind...and if folks read your writings on this board at your wake. some folks have a lot to be proud of (eg: tubegroover, gawdbless---hope you guys have kids, planet needs them), while some of you, well, hope you reconsider...

Chadnliz, i could have been clearer in my previous post. physical violence was not what i was thinking, but can see how that could be read between the lines. please allow me to clarify.

so a-gon threads become real world meetings, in person, to discuss audio. picture a huge room with many tables. each table is a thread that you sit down and participate in. one table is for an RIP to ms winehouse. i contend that most of her detractors in this thread wouldn't even sit down at that table, let alone inject negative comments. this is what i was referring to regarding being brave. not that anyone would beat your ass if you did....but would you sit at that table and express your "opinion". could be wrong but i think not. why??....because it's classless and disrespectful. most would feel very uncomfortable doing so and simply walk by to the next table. doing so online is much easier. there is no discomfort hiding behind your monitor. it becomes very easy to let it rip and say things you'd "never have the balls to say in person". this is what i meant by being "brave" online.

you don't have to like ms winehouse or her music. you don't have to condone her lifestyle or have sympathy, empathy or any other "thy". again, it's about civility and a tiny shred of respect for fellow human beings. that's all most of us are looking for.

bottom line for me is why come sit at this "table" and inject such comments?. did the OP (person who set up the table) ask for differing thoughts and opinions about ms winehouse's death?. judgmental arrogance and force feeding of opinions seems to have become acceptable in out society. tolerance/respect/civility have become bad words. it's the sign of our times and i hate it.

cheers

If all you cats were at the table picking flowers and canting RIP Amy I think I would be interested in having/adding a few words of truth to the
Matter.

Of course I would be looked at as the next Norway killed, hater of humanity and a bible thumper at the end. A few might even listen long enough to hear the Love in the words of hope and restoration before One dies and plants the wrong seed. A bad microphonic tube in the amp needs to be replaced? Is that what you are saying? I was born with a bad tube?

Hell with you for you are a religious nut case would sound out and I would leave the table so you all could continue to chant RIP.

of course you would Glory...that's what religious zealots do. shouldn't you be heading off to your cult meeting....i mean church?.