Posted on 02/13/2010 5:34:16 PM PST by JoeProBono
Thanks for posting that picture. I’m typing through the tears. Thanks.
>> It is no one else’s business.
Unless, it’s your sibling, your child, your parent, your cousin, your friend, ...
Apathy is no remedy for suicide - it’s a catalyst.
Install a diving board, directly above the fastest part of the current...
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Several boards.....no one likes waiting.
Think of it as evolution in action ...
sometimes I just can’t stop myself....
Waste of money.
Those who want to kill themselves will find a way.
Yup, it will become a frat dare/bet, and numerous jumps will be put on you tube. I remember one morning at work I saw a young man on a streetcorner in his underwear holding up a sign asking people to spank his butt, it was very cold that morning too. I walked passed and said “lost a bet?”, and he nodded yes.
If San Francisco or California taxpayers want a net, let them have it. But please, don’t make me, a North Carolinian, help pay.
How many ways are used to commit suicide? Maybe a few per year off the GG bridge, a few tens of thousands by various other means.
>>Unless, it’s your sibling, your child, your parent, your cousin, your friend, ...<<
So you propose gummint should stand between these people and their decisions? How about alcohol use? That can lead to death and is a slow suicide on purpose for some. Same for drugs. Nanny Gummint is the answer?
As I said, in the same way a person can refuse help for any affliction, the decision to end it is between him/her self and his/her God. To suggest you (much less the gummint) have any moral authority over that decision is arrogance at its utmost.
>>Apathy is no remedy for suicide - it’s a catalyst.<<
I am not saying to turn your back on someone who is suicidal. You are conflating the legal argument I am providing with am ethical obligation to help anyone in trouble (and a suicidal person is indeed in trouble).
But, in the end, it is between the person, their conscience and their God or god(s).
Amazing that it took the stress that long.
>> To suggest you (much less the gummint) have any moral authority over that decision is arrogance at its utmost.
>> You are conflating ...
Is there a possibility you misunderstood what I posted?
There should be an observation deck near the suicide nets so that other people can point and laugh.
Easy there. I was just supplying a comparison, not really making it about you, personally. In fact, if you read the entire comment, you should have figured out I was speaking tongue-in-cheek.
Dang implicit “/sarcasm” tag — I always seem to miss it. :)
I guess I reacted because I have had people say EXACTLY what you said, almost word for word, no sarcasm about it.
Oh well, bygones and all that...
I wonder why we don’t hear stories about folks jumping off the Mackinac Bridge.
Not complaining, just wondering.
Because for several months they don’t splash, they splat.
*snicker*
Nice...
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