In the above article, young Amy Winehouse, a top British singer, came onto the stagae a half hour late, drinking, swaying all over the stage, slurring her words, mincing the songs, and finally in the middle of a song, walking off the stage.
Amy to the audience: "Let me tell you something. First of all, if you're booing, you're a mug for buying a ticket."
"Second, to all those booing, just wait till my husband gets out of incarceration -- and I mean that."
In disgust, fans left the building in droves, calling it "atrocious".
But I have a question.
Isn't it MORE atrocious for people to just walk away from her like that? Isn't it MORE disgusting and MORE horrid for people to leave her there, reduced to tears? The real atrocity is not that people fail-- but that people aren't willing to help those who fail. The real failures are the ones who won't help the ones who do. If someone is in need, if someone is drunk, crying, and obviously in pain and in trouble, as Amy Winehouse is, why would you walk away like that? You don't walk away-- you help them. The people who need you most are the ones you dislike the most.
I personally am not a fan of Amy Winehouse's music but just that aside, she's a human being, one with a lot of problems, and they don't go away by waiting for them to, or waiting for some "rehabilitation" center to "cure" her. We must make every effort to be the first people to stretch out our hand to help someone, rather than wait for someone else to do it.
It just disgusts me.
Tell me what you think.
I'm not entirely sure why it got me so upset like this, but it has.
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?How should we help her? She's on a stadium stage with security. You'd, at the very least, get bounced for going up on stage. If you called the cops, they'd probably say they're already there. And if they weren't, what can they do? She's not disturbing the peace, she's in private property that you paid to observe. She's not dying, she's crying.37% Voted for by Weydon, petethemeat, sca.
And let's pretend she's just a lush at a bar. Certainly, when you see someone like this, you should roll your eyes, sigh, and see if you should help. You should first roll your eyes and sigh, because you already know what the outcome will be like. 999/1000 it's someone being a drama queen about something that doesn't matter and wants attention--usually involving fights with a boyfriend. And the LAST thing they will EVER want is for you to to help them sober up. You're a stranger, you're not going to open their eyes to what they're doing to their life. Best case scenario you is you pay for the lushes cab and it doesn't take very long.
"They tried to make me go to rehab but I said "No, no, no!" Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know, know! I ain't got the time, and if my daddy thinks I'm fine! He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go, go, go!"
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HmmI never thought I would be this callous (it is rather unlike me) but I am totally not sympathetic for Amy in this issue.25% Voted for by petethemeat, Weydon.
The fans paid money to see her perform. I understand that she has problems and that is a shame, but the crowd do not know her and it is not their job to look after her and talk to her about her problems.
She is in a relatively privileged position as a drug addict and depressive, with money, friends and talent. Most people in her frame of mind do not have these things to support them. -
You canYou can help her by not supporting her profession, which she herself doesn't care about. The number one rule about helping others is that they have to want to help themselves. Even God says He will help us IF we go to Him. If we want to be helped, He will help us. Otherwise, He can do nothing for us. At some point she will realize what a wretched existance she has put herself through, then she will be able to be helped.Voted for by mudgod.
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Be ProactiveWhen we see someone in trouble, what do we do? Be totally honest here. We see it, shake our heads and say, "how sad." then we get back to our little lives, don't rock the boat, don't change anything. We don't want to inconvenience ourselves to help someone else. We think that simply not supporting what she does is all we need to do. No one has any excuse for this, and Christians absolutely have no excuse for not proactively offering themselves in service.Voted for by Xelgaroth.
If I knew how to start some sort of fund, some sort of chain of support, for Amy Winehouse, I would, not because I like her music or am a fan of her, but because she's a human being and needs help.
Human beings are masters of ignorance, ignorance of everything, but especially ignorance at other people's suffering. In our arrogance we're convinced no one else's problems are nearly as important as OURS. We are the most apathetic, indifferent race in the world.
I call for Christians reading this to pray for her, not just a vague, "help the celebrities, God", loose, wannabe prayer, but a real, earnest prayer for her life, for her to see what's happening to herself.
Another thing we do is we tell ourselves, "well, I can't do it." It is a lie, an outright, bold-faced lie, to ourselves and everyone else. You can ALWAYS do something. You cannot, must not, wait for someone who "can" to help. If you see suffering, help the sufferer. Help the alcoholic, the divorcee, the pregnant teenager, the drug addict, the grieving, the broken celebrity, the struggling, the weak, the lowly, the opressed, the warring, the sick, the dying. Do not wait for someone who "can" to help. God has provided everyone on this earth with the ability to help. Everyone. The rich, the poor, the strong, the weak, the government, the military, the civilians, the doctors, lawyers, plumbers, electricians, sewage workers, the slaves, the free, the opressed, the opressors. All of us have the ability to help.
And we're all like this, all of us! And I-- I am worst among them, I see problems and do nothing, I see suffering and turn away, I see pain and ignore it. Apathy is my hat, and ignorance my cloak, and I wield a sword of indifference.
A hand that helps is a thousand times better than a heart that hopes. -
janis Joplinjanis used to act very much like that. she would come out on stage all F%#ked up on booze and drugs. she also died of an overdose at age 27.Voted for by NeferMaatNetjer.
seems like history is repeating itself
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November 15, 2007
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