I subscribe to the view that we should say little but good about the dead. But Whitney Houston was a very public figure and she played this to the hilt.
She even died (perhaps by her own hand) on a day honouring female singers of which she was one. At one time or another she had been part of a dysfunctional marriage, was addicted to crack cocaine and was a chronic alocholic. She spent the morning of her death drinking alcohol at the pool of her hotel.
Now we have just had a week of tributes to this diva who could not manage her own life. The Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, ordered the flags of his state lowered to half mast in her honour. Most Americans who give their lives for their country don’t get such a tribute.
Is Houston the sort of woman who should be help up as an example for younger people? Example of what?
Would you consider Houston an icon for your daguthers?
Should the flags have been lowered for Houston?
What do you think?
