Comments on: A Bit Of Perspective http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/ Dirty Fingernails Firmly On The Pulse Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:26:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: embertine http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1982 embertine Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:52:11 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1982 You may be an asshole, but you're an asshole with a good point. You may be an asshole, but you’re an asshole with a good point.

]]> By: Agent Bedhead http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1981 Agent Bedhead Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:29:17 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1981 Obviously, I wrote this paragraph before reading about the possible drug overdose in Jacko's case. Further, the "natural causes" bit wasn't even that important to my point and something of a throwaway phrase. Oddly, it seems to matter here, for whatever reason. What I was trying to say is that there were two celebrities whose deaths, naturally, are tragic. However, they did not meet violent ends while going about their daily business in a market. They were not, literally, dismembered by an exploding bomb, which made their bodies almost unrecognizable. Yet, these two celebrities were nearly the entire focus of the media's attention, and almost nothing has been done to stop the continuing rise of Iraqi violence. Obviously, I wrote this paragraph before reading about the possible drug overdose in Jacko’s case. Further, the “natural causes” bit wasn’t even that important to my point and something of a throwaway phrase. Oddly, it seems to matter here, for whatever reason.

What I was trying to say is that there were two celebrities whose deaths, naturally, are tragic. However, they did not meet violent ends while going about their daily business in a market. They were not, literally, dismembered by an exploding bomb, which made their bodies almost unrecognizable. Yet, these two celebrities were nearly the entire focus of the media’s attention, and almost nothing has been done to stop the continuing rise of Iraqi violence.

]]> By: jvon http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1980 jvon Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:51:30 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1980 Arguably the drug overdose was a direct result of being an idiotic freakazoid, which was probably the only natural thing left about Michael Jackson. As for the rest of it, these other news stories were probably giving journalists a headache. Wait... Middle East... isn't encouraging them to be free wrong? Arguably the drug overdose was a direct result of being an idiotic freakazoid, which was probably the only natural thing left about Michael Jackson.

As for the rest of it, these other news stories were probably giving journalists a headache. Wait… Middle East… isn’t encouraging them to be free wrong?

]]> By: Dianne http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1979 Dianne Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:24:41 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1979 Drug overdose is not a natural cause of death either. We need some inglorious bastards getting serious about the islamic nazis. Drug overdose is not a natural cause of death either.

We need some inglorious bastards getting serious about the islamic nazis.

]]> By: Marianne http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1978 Marianne Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:47:51 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1978 Hear, hear -- & THANK you! You don't sound like an asshole -- rather, a rare voice of sanity! With you 100%. Hear, hear — & THANK you! You don’t sound like an asshole — rather, a rare voice of sanity! With you 100%.

]]> By: jmflynny http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1977 jmflynny Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:22:48 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1977 Yet, I might add, 30 years after its release, I still listen to 'Off the Wall' on a regular basis. So, you know, there's that. Yet, I might add, 30 years after its release, I still listen to ‘Off the Wall’ on a regular basis.

So, you know, there’s that.

]]> By: jmflynny http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1976 jmflynny Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:20:44 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1976 I'd be tempted to think that someone in Washington D.C. had the two of them offed for all the press coverage they're getting. Baghdad boming? Iranian torture of its citizens? Cap and tax? No. Give me celebrity deaths. They bear far more influence upon my life than, say, socialized medicine. You are correct, mlady, and you need issue no apology. I’d be tempted to think that someone in Washington D.C. had the two of them offed for all the press coverage they’re getting.

Baghdad boming?

Iranian torture of its citizens?

Cap and tax?

No. Give me celebrity deaths. They bear far more influence upon my life than, say, socialized medicine.

You are correct, mlady, and you need issue no apology.

]]> By: raincoaster http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1975 raincoaster Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:12:51 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1975 I've had cancer. You think I ordered it out of a catalog? Of COURSE it's a natural cause, you idiot. I’ve had cancer. You think I ordered it out of a catalog? Of COURSE it’s a natural cause, you idiot.

]]> By: Synnamin http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1974 Synnamin Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:11:41 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1974 Since when are diseases not "natural causes?" Getting hit by a bus? Not natural. Cancer? Natural. Heart disease? natural. Since when are diseases not “natural causes?”

Getting hit by a bus? Not natural. Cancer? Natural. Heart disease? natural.

]]> By: Agent Bedhead http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1973 Agent Bedhead Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:48:17 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1973 Ann: Actually, from a legal standpoint, cancer is a "natural cause" of death. Footnote 13 here: http://tinyurl.com/p8m7wo Click on the Footnote link to read the relevant text. However, you seem rather set in your opinions, so I doubt you'll even bother doing much more than tossing out another insult. Ann: Actually, from a legal standpoint, cancer is a “natural cause” of death. Footnote 13 here: http://tinyurl.com/p8m7wo

Click on the Footnote link to read the relevant text. However, you seem rather set in your opinions, so I doubt you’ll even bother doing much more than tossing out another insult.

]]> By: Rich http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1972 Rich Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:18:00 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1972 Yep. Yep.

]]> By: Ann http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1971 Ann Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:08:28 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1971 Dear idiot. Cancer is not a "natural cause" it is a disease. Dear idiot. Cancer is not a “natural cause” it is a disease.

]]> By: Celebrities Talk About Loss of Michael Jackson | Amy Grindhouse http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1970 Celebrities Talk About Loss of Michael Jackson | Amy Grindhouse Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:30:15 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1970 [...] AB offers a different perspective on the loss of two celebs [Agent Bedhead] [...] [...] AB offers a different perspective on the loss of two celebs [Agent Bedhead] [...]

]]> By: RW http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1969 RW Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:33:36 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1969 Sounds about right to me. I'll be an asshole with ya. Sounds about right to me. I’ll be an asshole with ya.

]]> By: ak http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1968 ak Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:19:23 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1968 I was just thinking the same thing. No matter how you say it, you're going to sound pious and smug. But ... the Iranian leadership is talking about executing protestors as enemies of Islam. Executing them. For protesting. That's a little more important than the deaths (however sad for their families) of two pampered celebrities. I was just thinking the same thing. No matter how you say it, you’re going to sound pious and smug. But … the Iranian leadership is talking about executing protestors as enemies of Islam. Executing them. For protesting. That’s a little more important than the deaths (however sad for their families) of two pampered celebrities.

]]> By: I R A Darth Aggie http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1967 I R A Darth Aggie Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:16:03 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1967 Well, the death of one man is a tragedy, the death of a million? A statistic. Well, the death of one man is a tragedy, the death of a million?

A statistic.

]]> By: la chica http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1966 la chica Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:31:35 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1966 it's important to keep things in perspective. it’s important to keep things in perspective.

]]> By: The Bitter Taste of Absinthe Links » Ayyyy! http://agentbedhead.com/index.php/archive/a-bit-of-perspective/#comment-1965 The Bitter Taste of Absinthe Links » Ayyyy! Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:53:35 +0000 http://agentbedhead.com/?p=7731#comment-1965 [...] But seriously, folks (AgentBedhead) [...] [...] But seriously, folks (AgentBedhead) [...]

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