Recently it came to my attention that some people on ride monkey were offended by my thread on Ami Winehouse. Although I find a lot of people make fun of famous people that die for whatever reasons, anyone only need to watch Jay Leno to see, I guess I don't expect to find former addicts and alcoholics in such a clean sport on this forum and didn't think before I made light of her death. I apologized to JDCamb and to anyone else, I do apologize. Being someone who has never been close to that subject matter, I guess I don't sympathize with celebrity addicts and took my own personal beliefs about celebrities that have so much talent given to them by God, get everything handed to them over night, become filthy rich and never have to work again and still throw it all away for drugs. It's these people that don't have to get up to go to work every day and have it so easy that I just get angry about when I hear about them doing stuff like heroin. Some of you may remember I was angry at Charlie Sheen making 2 million an episode and behaving the way he did. Back then, everyone supported him continuing what he was doing saying, "Hey, he's Charlie Sheen!" But now a lot of people see him for what he is and realize he's messed up and needs help. But make no mistake, at the same time I can sympathize with someone losing their job, can't make ends meet and turn to alcohol or drugs to forget about their problems and to escape the stress of it and wind up dying as a result.
I just saw Ami as someone that had so much given to her and didn't care enough about her own life to want to get help and live. There are many of us that without a doubt, would find ways to spend all that wealth on things other than drugs. But to those that have had close ties to addiction, I do apologize for not being more considerate.
With that, I can't say I will never ever make light of celebrity on RM that does stupid things, that's just life. But, I just hope not to offend anyone and that people don't take me too seriously if I try using sarcasm or just plain state how I feel about a subject. Fact is death is a part of life and some people make dumb decisions. And usually there is a reason behind what I say that forms my opinions on a subject. In Ami's case, and Charlie, it's being given so much at such a young age and having it so easy in life and able to live a life we all would love to have and then just go throw it all away on drugs, that pisses me off because I have to get up tomorrow and go to work with a bunch of assholes and I dread going in, but I have no choice but to keep quiet and do my job and make enough money to pay my bills. When someone like Sheen makes 2 mill in one episode and I could live forever off of 2 mill, and Ami Winehouse at 27 was worth over 20 million, and they live their lives and behave the way they do with that kind of money just handed over to them because people call them a celebrity, that ticks me off. But to all who have dealt with addiction up close in their own lives, I mean nothing personal. A lot of people turn to drugs for all kinds of reasons. When a celebrity writes a song saying they tried to get her to go to rehab, and she said no no no, that's thumbing her nose up at everyone. The fact she went to rehab and only stayed there for only 15 minutes, shows she knew she had a problem and "decided" not to deal with it. She's dead by her own choice not to go to rehab. There are a lot of us that will wind up dead some day and have no choice in that decision. She had a choice.
So don't take my comments personally if you have dealt with addiction in your life. My feelings were directed at her wealth, celebrity and completely caring less about all of it in her life that most of us would so much love to have.
I just saw Ami as someone that had so much given to her and didn't care enough about her own life to want to get help and live. There are many of us that without a doubt, would find ways to spend all that wealth on things other than drugs. But to those that have had close ties to addiction, I do apologize for not being more considerate.
With that, I can't say I will never ever make light of celebrity on RM that does stupid things, that's just life. But, I just hope not to offend anyone and that people don't take me too seriously if I try using sarcasm or just plain state how I feel about a subject. Fact is death is a part of life and some people make dumb decisions. And usually there is a reason behind what I say that forms my opinions on a subject. In Ami's case, and Charlie, it's being given so much at such a young age and having it so easy in life and able to live a life we all would love to have and then just go throw it all away on drugs, that pisses me off because I have to get up tomorrow and go to work with a bunch of assholes and I dread going in, but I have no choice but to keep quiet and do my job and make enough money to pay my bills. When someone like Sheen makes 2 mill in one episode and I could live forever off of 2 mill, and Ami Winehouse at 27 was worth over 20 million, and they live their lives and behave the way they do with that kind of money just handed over to them because people call them a celebrity, that ticks me off. But to all who have dealt with addiction up close in their own lives, I mean nothing personal. A lot of people turn to drugs for all kinds of reasons. When a celebrity writes a song saying they tried to get her to go to rehab, and she said no no no, that's thumbing her nose up at everyone. The fact she went to rehab and only stayed there for only 15 minutes, shows she knew she had a problem and "decided" not to deal with it. She's dead by her own choice not to go to rehab. There are a lot of us that will wind up dead some day and have no choice in that decision. She had a choice.
So don't take my comments personally if you have dealt with addiction in your life. My feelings were directed at her wealth, celebrity and completely caring less about all of it in her life that most of us would so much love to have.
