Originally posted by crazydaisy
No! She derserves respect but she was
an entertainer not a hero.

Strange to even consider!

Exactly, give her the respect she deserves as a human being and as an entertainer. A flag at half mast should be reserved for heroes. Soldiers etc...

So, no, I don't think it should be flow at half staff.

And why not? Perhaps even a 21 gun salute and burial in Arlington. Purple Heart and Silver Cross posthumously. Why not? She really was an excellent artist.

No and to what end will they try to glorify the famous and the infamous?
Drug addicts and drunks get a half mast for what I ask?.......corrupting our young and building up the coffers of the TV Networks?

Regards, Iwinder

I don't remember there ever being a debate about whether or not to fly the flag at half mast when Dale Earnhardt died. He was just an entertainer as well.

Didn't bother me then with Dale, doesn't bother me with Whitney. People can fly the flag at half mast if they so choose. I only change my flag when I want to.

I think this thread really serves as a good sign that many of us have absolutely no empathy for other people. My, my... we have a lot of growing up to do.

Originally posted by sheepslayer247
I don't remember there ever being a debate about whether or not to fly the flag at half mast when Dale Earnhardt died. He was just an entertainer as well.

Didn't bother me then with Dale, doesn't bother me with Whitney. People can fly the flag at half mast if they so choose. I only change my flag when I want to.

I think this thread really serves as a good sign that many of us have absolutely no empathy for other people. My, my... we have a lot of growing up to do.

I cannot relate to that as I am in Canada here, we share the same type of media but different ideals for sure.
Here the half mast is for fallen soldiers/firefighters/police/mayors/ and senior government officials.
No drug addicts that I can remember but I am open to correction here.
Regards, Iwinder

HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We don't fly flags across the nation when one of our soldiers dies serving their country so why should we do so for a crackhead drug addict pop star? This is a slap in the face to those whom have actually sacrificed for our nation. What exactly has Whitney done for our country.

I swear I love my country but Im really starting to despise the idiots we have leading us.

Whitney.....


Who?

Hell no!

WHO?

I don't remember Ike Turner getting flags flown at half mast..

The parasitic UK royal family had to be told by Tony Blair to fly the flag at half mast out of respect for Diana, this was a week after she had died.
ROYAL SILENCE SPOKE VOLUMES

Several days after Diana died the Royals had still not publicly mentioned her passing or the accident, even as thousands mourned and gathered outside the Palace waiting for them to speak. No flags had been lowered as a mark of respect or momentous happening. It was as though nothing significant had occurred. The first reaction was almost a week later on September 4th and was by the Queen’s press secretary, Geoffrey Crawford. Not by Prince Charles. Nor by Her Majesty the Queen.

Whitney , if the yanks consider her royalty , lower the flag , no problem from me.

NO!!

Goes to show that Governor Christie is a nut.

I knew that for a while already, when he decided to kill the tunnel upgrade, so NJ is connected to NY with a marvel of 110 year old technology.