How Ironic Is This?

[GuyJD]

I just read that Motown legend, Edwin Starr, has died at the age of 61 of a heart attack.

For those who may not know or remember him, Starr became famous for his anti-war hit, "WAR", during the Viet-Nam war. The lyric, "War.....what is it good for? Absolutely nothing", made a pretty strong stand during that time.

I found it pretty ironic that he passed away at the time when we're going through another war. A war that, much like the Viet-Nam War, many (not myself, if you will) feels that we should not be fighting.

 

[Master Control]

Whats Ironic?
People die all the time.
Its just coincidence.

 

[GuyJD]

Whats Ironic?
People die all the time.
Its just coincidence.

I know people die all of the time. Hell, I see that about every month where I work.

I just find it odd (or as you say, coincidental) for a guy who became famous for his anti-war song to die at the same time of another war.

 

[teddybear4play]

As stated before, this is a coincidence.

For it to be irony, it would have to be some sort of anti-war thing that killed him, like, for instance, having his head explode because he listened to Jeanine Garafolo.

TB4p

 

[Pyper]

The sad fact of it is, America is at war quite frequently. It's not ironic or even much of a coincidence that an anti-war musician would die during a later war.

 

[GuyJD]

MY BAD!!!

I sit corrected. I used the wrong word.

 

[XdOu™]

yes its very ironic...

 

[VincentFloyd]

it's like rain on your wedding day, it's like a free ride when you've already paid, it's the good advice that you just can't take

but who would have thought? it figures