Suicidal Youths Turn to Hanging Instead of Guns

Dr Koob ^ | 06/10/2004 | unlisted

[TC Rider]

A friend's 19 year old niece did it by drinking Methyl alcohol. A real ugly way to go. She was a beautiful girl depressed by losing a boy friend.

If teens only knew how we 50 year olds long for those 'horrible' high school dilemmas again.

[Clint Williams]

I think that most judicial hangings earlier than that incurred a slower death by asphyxiation.

A few weeks or months ago I read (here?) a news item about the exhumation (discovery?) of the graves of some hanging victims a few centuries. There were indicators that the deaths were, er, excruciatingly agonizing and slow -- I think they said up to a half-hour.

[scholar]

Should take some of the Liberal-Socialist whacko heat off the firearm industry & place it squarely where it belongs. ...on rope makers.

Without a doubt--we had some nutcase in Illinois last week randomly stabbing people at a shopping mall. A baby was killed in her mother's arms. We should definitely eliminate all manner of potential weapons--knives, rolling pins, ropes, dinner forks--whatever.

However, although I might have missed it in this article, the reality is that many of these so-called suicides are the result of a very popular sexual pursuit. These nuts will subject themselves to a state of hypoxia by hanging themselves which allegedly creates a more intense orgasm. Quite often things go wrong and the subject dies. This is a documented fact although I won't go into graphic, explicit or ugly details.

[Old Professer]

I belong to a grief support group

How teribly sad.

[bondjamesbond]

isn't it the case that hanging with the intent of instant dislocation at the atlanto-occipital joint and spinal cord disruption is a recent (19th century) invention? I think that most judicial hangings earlier than that incurred a slower death by asphyxiation.

No need to be a traditionalist about these things. Suicide is an expression of self-loathing, but torturing yourself to death is over-the-top.

[scholar]

Should take some of the Liberal-Socialist whacko heat off the firearm industry & place it squarely where it belongs. ...on rope makers.

Yes--we as a caring society must do something about all the potential instruments that may bring harm to an idiot population. You may have heard about the nut that ran amok at an Illinois shopping mall. He stabbed several people and killed a baby in her mother's arms.

If we want to buy into this Liberal-Socialist whacko thinking--we definitely need to register all household utensils, lawn tools, ropes and probably nail clippers. Oh, we should also ban tall buidlings and bridges, because someone just might jump off one of them. Give me a freaking break!!!!!!!!!!!