Bizarre Fatal Accident-Suicide?

"Paul Tomblin":
As selfish as the people that want to keep
someone alive that is suffering terribly?

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote:
As selfish as the people that want to keep
someone alive that is suffering terribly?

I don't think that was the implication, nor does it apply to this scenario.
There are other ways to go, if one chooses, without causing that much trauma to
unsuspecting people. The pilot, the youngster, and anyone else who witnessed
the aftermath didn't have a say in being part of that "blaze of glory." I think
that's what was being referred to as "selfish."

In a previous article, unicate (Shirley) said:
"Paul Tomblin":
As selfish as the people that want to keep
someone alive that is suffering terribly?

I never said that. Learn how to quote, idiot.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
Heaven has all the lusers, a generous supply of larts -
and no PHBs anywhere in sight.
-- The BOFH Heaven, according to Suresh

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, unicate (Shirley) said:
"Paul Tomblin":
As selfish as the people that want to keep
someone alive that is suffering terribly?

I never said that. Learn how to quote, idiot.


You said: " If I hadn't realized that suicide is an inherently selfish and
terrible
thing to do others, I would have been dead 20 years ago."

Understand that "selfishness" can have two perspectives. I won't add other
adjectives.

In a previous article, "Tom Sixkiller" said:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, unicate (Shirley) said:
"Paul Tomblin":
As selfish as the people that want to keep
someone alive that is suffering terribly?

I never said that. Learn how to quote, idiot.


You said: " If I hadn't realized that suicide is an inherently selfish
and terrible thing to do others, I would have been dead 20 years ago."

I know what I said. "Shirley" stated that I said something entirely
different.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
But yeah, a semi-automatic, a room full of our managers, and I would
*not* be a scene conducive to my staying out of gaol.
-- Matt McLeod

(Paul Tomblin):

I never said that. Learn how to quote, idiot.

I apologize for the error in attribution, but it was an honest mistake. Nice of
you to point it out so politely.

"Shirley" wrote in message
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"Paul Tomblin":
As selfish as the people that want to keep
someone alive that is suffering terribly?

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote:
As selfish as the people that want to keep
someone alive that is suffering terribly?

I don't think that was the implication, nor does it apply to this
scenario.
There are other ways to go, if one chooses, without causing that much
trauma to
unsuspecting people. The pilot, the youngster, and anyone else who
witnessed
the aftermath didn't have a say in being part of that "blaze of glory." I
think
that's what was being referred to as "selfish."

Agreed, but I'm not sure that was Paul's context. I'm guesstimating that the
old man in this case did not consider other consequences of his actions. As
he was suffering from a brain tumor, that entirely possible.

A more extreme example would be the fellow a few years back that hung
himself in such a place that his estranged wife would be the one to find his
body.