Thought provoking and beautiful

Don't those two adjectives always go hand in hand?

At any rate, that's how I felt this blog post. It's hard for many people to imagine why the media focused more attention on Amy Winehouse's death than the death of dozens of Norwegian teens, except for rating's sake.

I think this post though, by her friend and a fellow addict, speaks to why a death correlated to alcohol or other drug addiction is so uniquely tragic. Certainly, all life is equal, yet invaluable. But a life ended by a disease that causes the user pain, an inability to be one's true self, and for which society places blame on the victim, is a life that needs more advocacy in our world than the lives of those we rush to protect and affirm.

We must always stand up for the oppressed, those who have been abused the way Amy was when we judged her as something other than who she was in her Creator's sight. May she and all others find peace everlasting.