This is another article somehow along the same lines as the NY Post. I'm not going to quote it, and I'm telling everyone to
Beware right now before clicking the link - it's not happy reading for a grieving Heathen.
http://chud.com/articles/articles/13543/1/THE-DEVIN039S-ADVOCATE-THE-DIRTY-DOUBLE-STANDARD/Page1.htmlIt bemoans a perceived double standard in actually showing Heath respect and treating his loss with humanity and dignity in the press, and apparently advocates that because other celebrities are treated callously and nastily in the media, Heath deserved nothing more.
Then goes on about the drug use along the same lines as NY Post.
I've read these articles, and RossInIllinois's posts too, with a sort of confused and sad bewilderment.
They may or may not be right in what the claim about Heath's excessive prescription drug use, we'll never know. We don't
need to know, at the end of the day, it's none of our bloody business. But whether or not, I just don't understand all the spite and anger, directed at a man who has payed the ultimate price for the prescription drug use, however it came about and no matter the reason.
A wonderful man has died, way before his time - in me that calls for compassion, reflection.... grief.
Yes, I think most of all I'm baffled and stunned at the total lack of
compassion in these articles.
If these people were right, if Heath really did "misuse" excessivley, deliberately - and repeatedly - then he must have been in pain, emotional and physical - must not have been in a good place at all....and he paid the highest price in trying to do something about it, in trying to make things better. Yet they don't think him deserving of compassion and affection. It's as if they can't forgive him for being human, for not being perfect in his every choice in life, for making a fatal mistake.
I don't know. I just can't for the life of me understand how it's possible to not mainly mourn Heath, and to show respect and compassion for him and his loved ones, in this tragic situation. Whether or not he had any degree of "guilt" in what happened surely is entirely beside the point now. It doesn't make the ultimate tragedy less, doesn't make it possible to dismiss it. And thinking so certainly doesn't make it OK to lambast Heath, put him down and mock him. It's bordering on inhuman: Total lack of respect, human decency and - I'll say it again -
compassion.
I hope this phase will pass very soon, so that focus turns to Heath's legacy and what he achieved. That's all I can say.