"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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If he was really dying of this cancer it seems pretty selfish for
"countless" others to want him to live in his misery for their
benefit. In the U.S. we have a seriously distorted cultural adversness
to suicide. Too much catholicism. I applaud the guy. He took control
of his destiny and did what he wanted to do.


Yeah, that 3 year old who was traumatized by having two halves of a dead
body fall into his yard should get a life. I mean, why should anybody
complain about having guts and blood all over their patio? The man was
heroic for what he did.

I didn't read anything about a 3 year old.

OK, he was eight. What age do you think is appropriate for watching people
do the bug on a windshield trick?

Please post the link that
describes this. No one once said the guy was heroic.

I said he was heroic. I was being sarcastic. OK, you were not applauding him
because he is a hero, perhaps not even admirable. Maybe you were applauding
him simply because you were entertained?

Please quote
something that said the guy was a "hero". Superman is a hero, I said
I applaud this guy. Let's avoid the hyperbole. The guy saved himself
from months or years of being blind, in terrible pain all the time,
puking up his guts everyday, knowing he was just waiting to die. Maybe
he could have picked a better spot, but he sure could have picked a
worse one too.

Yes, let's avoid the hyperbole. Please post the link that he was going to be
in terrible pain all the time, puking up his guts every day, waiting to die.
Not all tumors are fatal, you know. This one was going to make him blind.

Are you suggesting that people who find out they are going to go blind
should kill themselves? Would you applaud going out and killing blind
people?

What is wrong with counseling, pain medication, and just trying to help
people cope with their problems instead of applauding them for killing
themselves?

This guy endangered the pilot by getting into a struggle in the airplane. He
endangered and horrified people on the ground. This is fairly typical of
suicides, BTW. They never think for a minute about the cost and
inconvenience of cleaning up after them, nor are they generally concerned
about how their actions might endanger others, traumatize witnesses, waste
emergency resources, etc. They are focused solely upon themselves. Suicide
is indeed the ultimate expression of selfishness.

Weren't you the guy who was so supportive of that elderly couple who just
flew off into the sunset one day? I wonder how much time and money was spent
on search and rescue looking for them. How many people risked their lives to
determine what happened to them? What other emergency needs were not being
met because these thoughtless bozos never considered that their actions
might be tying up critical resources?

I wonder how much is spent on therapy for loved ones and unwilling witnesses
to suicides. I wonder how many horrible diseases are spread by people who
were exposed to blood and other bodily fluids from would-be suicides. I
wonder how many people are killed or injured by attempts to rescue or aid
those making half-hearted suicide attempts. I had a good friend who worked
for Involuntary Treatment. He was thrown down three flights of stairs by a
couple of teenagers that had made a suicide pact. He was badly injured. It
is nothing at all like the romanticized Romeos and Juliets in plays and
movies.

You want to know what suicide is all about? Try a Google search on Kurt
Cobain's suicide picture. Then, when you have seen it, tell me how you think
this behavior should be applauded.