I'm onside with Vermin here. I don't care if you think your life sucks like a Hoover, if you choose to take the Big Dirt Nap, KNOWING people love you/your music, but still insist on disrespecting your family/friends/admirers, etc...then you are one more sign of God thinning the herd. Talent, shmalent, if you are self absorbed enough to take your own life at the expense of all who care about you because of fame/lack of fame/the horror of celebrity/whatever, then Adios, Bozo...don't wait up. I'd rather get hit by a bus than sit through a conversation between Elliot and Kurt about how tough their lives were...absolute, total, morons. Heartless? These tragic, souless, self absorbed cry babies were heartless...not those of us left watching the avoidable become the inevitable. At least drowning in your own vomit is an accident. bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jaimie Vernon" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:40 PM Subject: Re: more on elliot smith > At Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:41:22 Lauree wrote: > > >***sorry to post this on all the lists, but why > >not?!*** > > > >I do agree on the idea that suicide is a selfish act > >and really only hurts the people who loved the person. > > All the more reason to stop romanticising this guy's musical accomplishments > as a means of appeasing our shock and horror at what a total waste of human > existance Elliott Smith was as a person. No one mentions his cowardly exit. > Great tunes or not, the guy was a loser. And by taking his life he fulfills > his career long ambition to prove himself right as a tortured artist. Alas, > he'll live on as a martyr right next to Drake and Cobain. At least he'll be > able to teach Cobain a thing or two in hell about good songwriting. > > Call me heartless, but a heroin addict is not a role model...in any > profession. > > Jaimie Vernon, > President, > Bullseye Records of Canada, Inc. > http://www.bullseyecanada.com > "Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!" > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >