Phillip Seymour Hoffman died..

[Les Grossman]

There's nothing tragic about drug overdoses.

Sure there is. Let's not pretend it was a murder-suicide...

 

[Dr. Manhattan]

I've dealt with enough addicts to know that it usually isn't the "high" they're chasing -- casual drug users, yes, but not the "hard-core" addicts -- it's an attempt to suppress some sort of emotional trauma that they're doing a very poor job dealing with by other methods.



Junkies often contribute just as much to society as anyone else. Pick a discipline, look up the major names in that area, and you'll find more than enough representation of "junkies" making significant breakthroughs than one would expect.

Look, I'm not defending his choices, I think doing heroin is amongst the dumbest decisions anyone could possibly make; but to wash away a person's accomplishments or to minimize the tragedy of the loss of those close to him and to the world in general is kind of ridiculous and unsympathetic. Does everyone that commits suicide also deserve such ire (since that is essentially what excessive use of heavy drugs is)? Perhaps, but I'd be willing to examine their personal situation before passing such judgement.

the thing that bothers me the most, is someone like him has way more resources at their disposal to get clean than the average person does.

he got what he deserved. I feel bad for his family though

 

[Urblock]

the thing that bothers me the most, is someone like him has way more resources at their disposal to get clean than the average person does.

he got what he deserved. I feel bad for his family though

Harsh. I like it.