Well i tried to send a post to all earlier, but i don't think it made it for
some reason. Apparently my feelings on this subject have touched many
people on this list - and not in that warm fuzzy place either. The reasons
i feel as i do have nothing to do with lack of sympathy for those afflicted
by depression. There's a LOT, LOT more to it than i wrote in that post
because this isn't a list about my life so i didn't think i should bore
everyone - and i won't.
I feel that each of us has a right to their opinion, that just happens to be
mine. I respect and appreciate all the responses i've gotten.
Donna
-----Original Message-----
From: blonde in the bleachers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 2:50 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: joni on cobain
I can understand your problem with people who committ suicide, but I can't
say that I don't have sympathy for them. Suicide ruins the lives of those
people they leave behind, no doubt, but consider the amount of pain someone
must be in to do that in the first place. Being part of what people like to
label "Generation X" Kurt Cobain's death was a horrible event. Nirvana and
Cobain changed the landscape of music in the 90s and brought back music that
was original and music that had something to say. His death is as much a
milestone as that of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin or Jim Morrison.
Obviously Cobain had some serious problems, i.e drugs, Courtney Love, fame
but to say that the material possesions he collected and his money was a
reason to live is somewhat shallow. Money can buy you a lot of things, and
can give you opportunities that others may not have but it can't buy you
peace of mind.
>From: "Donna J. Binkley"
>Reply-To: "Donna J. Binkley"
>To: "'susan+rick'" ,
>Subject: RE: joni on cobain
>Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 14:29:25 -0500
>
>Sorry - but i have no sympathy for people who commit suicide. There's a
>saying that goes "those who commit suicide don't end their pain, they
leave
>it on the shoulders of those who they left behind". The only man i ever
>might have married shot himself right in front of me almost 20 years ago,
>his family will never be the same, that night changed the course of my
life
>forever.
>
>No doubt Cobain was a troubled spirit, but reality check, um let's see,
i'm
>a millionaire, i'm at the pinnacle of my career, i have everything that
most
>people don't even get in their whole lifetime - think i'll OFF MYSELF!!
>
>Sorry if this offends anyone, that is not my intention, but i had to
speak
>up.
>
>Donna
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of susan+rick
>Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 8:43 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: joni on cobain
>
>
>Bob wrote:
> >"I'm a runaway from the record biz
> >From the hoods in the hood and the whiny white kids"
>
> >I'm sure based on what she said about Kurt she would put him in that
latter
> >category, he might have even inspired the lyric!
>
>I hope that Joni didn't have Cobain in mind when she wrote those lyrics.
>Cobain's songs are not whiney, they are expressions of a very troubled
mind.
>He wasn't a rich kid playing at angst but a talented musician who
suffered
>from depression and drug addiction and ended his life despite (because
of?)
>success.
>
>While Joni can be irritating and arrogant, I choose to believe that she
is
>not that insensitive. For now anyway.
>
>Ranger Rick
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