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Police: NFL Star Terrell Owens Attempts Suicide
cbs11 ^ | Sep 27, 2006

Posted on 09/27/2006 7:36:05 AM PDT by stainlessbanner

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To: Westlander

Yeah, those are terrible things- worthy of him dying. Get a grip.


81 posted on 09/27/2006 8:46:37 AM PDT by LongsforReagan ("I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism."- Ronald Reagan)
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To: dfwgator

Me! Me! Me!


82 posted on 09/27/2006 8:47:42 AM PDT by Coronal
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To: Wombat101
However, having suffered from depression myself, I can see where he might run off the rails; I mean, he went from being tops in his profession to persona non grata and barely catching anything this season.

Having watched Owens during the season he played in Philly, I have come to the conclusion that he doesn't have that many playing years left. He's so emotionally insecure that he won't be able to handle it when his athletic skills begin to decline. He could never be a #2 receiver. I figure he would then pick up the antics to a level where he'd essentially get himself black-balled by the league (which he very nearly did after his stint here).

83 posted on 09/27/2006 8:57:12 AM PDT by Tallguy (The problem with this war is the name... You don't wage war against a tactic.)
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To: carton253

Not one iota. :)


84 posted on 09/27/2006 9:00:39 AM PDT by DocH (Gun-grabbers, you can HAVE my guns... lead first.)
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To: stainlessbanner

I wish T.O. well and he has my prayer for a speedy recovery. Hopefully he will get - and accept - the help he really needs. Clearly, he has some issues that need resolved.


85 posted on 09/27/2006 9:04:13 AM PDT by fortunecookie
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To: Tallguy

Well, there are only so many Don Maynards, Art Monks and Jerry Rices in this world. Not everyone can be one, and T.O. is not immune to that universal truth, either. In that regard, I agree with you vis-a-vis deteriorating skills.

However, there's nothing set in stone that says that someone, if they want it bad enough, can't modify their game so that if they aren't effective in one aspect,they can't be so in another, if the argument is that Owens is not a #1 or 2 receiver. Whether Owens can evolve his game from "deep threat" to "possession" receiver is open to question, but his evident skills are not. I think he could easily make the adjustment if he were motivated to do so, and his ego would let him make that adjustment.

Perhaps that is the root of his problem: that he "needs" to be "The Man", and he obviously isn't in Dallas. He certainly wasn't in Philly.


86 posted on 09/27/2006 9:06:53 AM PDT by Wombat101 (Islam: Turning everything it touches to Shi'ite since 632 AD...)
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To: DocH

I could tell... :)


87 posted on 09/27/2006 9:23:32 AM PDT by carton253 (He who would kill you, get up early and kill him first.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

True, suicide is a bad thing, but especially so when it is a young person. They see things in an overly dramatic way.

The 19 yo kid down the street shot himself to death because some things were not going his way. His dog had run away. They found the dog the day after the kid killed himself.

Things aren't usually as bad as they seem at the time.


88 posted on 09/27/2006 9:40:28 AM PDT by subterfuge (Do your part to educate a Democrat and keep on FReeping!!)
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To: Mannaggia l'America
I hope TO isn't bipolar. Most truly bipolar individuals are successful in their attempt, almost 90%. I am going to wait for all of the facts before I make any decision.
89 posted on 09/27/2006 10:23:43 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: N. Theknow
Trying to induce vomiting?

Have Helen Thomas do a pole dance for him.

The idea was to interrupt the suicide-in-progress, not accelerate it.

90 posted on 09/27/2006 10:46:47 AM PDT by Erasmus (I invited Benoit Mandelbrot to the Shoreline Grill, but he never got there.)
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To: Osage Orange

Did you know that Robert Altman's son Michael wrote those lyrics when he was 14 years old???


91 posted on 09/27/2006 12:00:45 PM PDT by Hildy (Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party house)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Women use pills,but men don't.

Not true. Art Bell said that he had a mouth full of pills, but then after thinking about it, decided not to commit suicide.

92 posted on 09/27/2006 1:23:03 PM PDT by vox humana
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To: vox humana
Women use pills,but men don't.Not true. Art Bell said that he had a mouth full of pills, but then after thinking about it, decided not to commit suicide.

What little I know about Art Bell tells me that he's got a few screws loose.

But,apart from that,I worked in the ER of a very large hospital for 20 years.I may not know much,but I know a bit about Emergency Medicine.

Women,when the attempt suicide (with or without "success"),almost always use pills.The same is true of homosexual males.

Hetero males are far,*far* more likely to use violent means...as I suggested earlier.

Feel free to believe what you wish,but I've "been there,done that" (but only as a spectator).

93 posted on 09/27/2006 1:33:27 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: stainlessbanner

Wow, I feel sorry for Owens if this is true? Suicide is no answer! He really needs to talk to someone, like Deon Sanders, perhaps? Is Reggie White still alive, he would a good man to talk with? Man!


95 posted on 09/27/2006 4:07:55 PM PDT by rawhide
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