Q/R

I can't think of a song beginning with Q... so I'll move right on to a particularly topical 'R'
Rehab
So, I guess you guys heard, Amy Winehouse died. And I really do not know what to think. Everyone is saying what a shame it is, such good music, so talented, not her fault she got into drugs, she was so young, but I have to say... really? Because I am being totally honest, but 'rehab' is the only song I have ever heard of by her, and I had never actually heard it until I looked it up today. And you know it isn't bad, but it's not really my style, doesn't sound too different to any number of pop songs, her voice isn't shockingly amazing... And I know, her abusive boyfriend (I presume, I haven't looked up this Blake guy) got her into drugs, but hell, she's singing a song about how she's refusing to accept help! The only song anyone has ever heard by her is about the fact she realises she is messed up, but she isn't gonna move her lazy arse to try and help herself, and won't even let anyone else help her! Now, if my boyfriend offered me drugs, I would most likely say no, but even if I said yes I wouldn't dare blame it on him, because at the end of the day I could have walked away. Someone offered me a draw on a cigarette, and I said yes, took one then handed it back, and that certainly is no one's fault but my own. But maybe I, aged 15, am more mature and strong than Amy Winehouse, aged however old she was when she started taking drugs? Taking drugs is stupid, but it's everyone's choice, I know people who have and they're still able to function normally, and they would never blame it on anyone else. They still have self respect. And she was so young? Not really. She's nearly twice my age, and I know people who have at least threatened to kill themselves. And what about those 86 kids in Norway who were shot through no fault of their own? What about the12 year old suicide bombers who were groomed by the Taliban? They were so young, but to me it's hard to look at someone twice my age and think 'they were so young'. But I have just seen a 157 comment argument on facebook, between a variety of my friends where one boy ended up saying he hoped someone died so he could throw a street party, or something along those lines, which is ridiculous. And this argument was about how much we respect Amy Winehouse's death. So I would like to put out my actual point of view:
1. ANYONE'S death is a sad occasion, and I don't believe anyone on this planet 'deserves' to die. Celebrating a death is wrong on too many levels
2. Amy Winehouse had a bad life, and was quite possibly misunderstood and badly treated by those close to her, and I'm sure in a different situation could have turned out to be a different person.
3. In the end, she made a choice to die. Those close to her should of course mourn, but for me, I would much rather cry about the death's of children starving in third world droughts. And this blog post is probably more than the amount of thought I will put into her ever again.
4. Everyone deserves an R.I.P.