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People who kill themselves usually have underlying mental issues. Circumstances are just the tip of the iceberg.
And that may indeed be the case. But to say you feel sorry for her because she killed herself for falling victim to a prank phone call? That is not a reason to off yourself? I say hell no.
It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt. What was the point of this gag?
At any rate suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
They never in a million years actually expected to get through to anybody. That it got as far as a nurse treating Kate was completely a fluke.
However, gaining that sort of notoriety in Britain with the press being as unbelievably vicious and intrusive as it is, I could see the nurse looking into the future and seeing the writing on the wall. When it comes to the tabloid press, you've suddenly got huge problems, and there's nothing temporary about them.
She may well have chosen to opt out rather than had every aspect of her being examined in the media and subsequently by her close community. Maybe she was shamed beyond bearing.
I don't think she was unstable, and by all accounts, was wonderful nurse.
Her employer's statement is glowing and no one with any authority seems to be suggesting she was unusually fragile:
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In a statement outside the hospital, King Edward VII chief executive John Lofthouse said: "We can confirm that Jacintha was recently the victim of a hoax call to the hospital. The hospital had been supporting her throughout this difficult time." He added: "Jacintha has worked at the King Edward VII's Hospital for more than four years. She was an excellent nurse and well-respected and popular with all of her colleagues."
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A sad ending for someone who obviously wore her heart on her sleeve.
Indeed. And sadly ironic, coming just a week after the publication of Sir Brian Leveson's report. A couple of Aussie DJs playing a prank doesn't rise to the same level as the News of the World misbehaviour, but I suspect a connection will be made between Lord Justice Leveson's conclusions and the anything-goes media culture which inspired these DJ idiots.
It's a typical liberal mindset to think something like this is funny. Remember when Palin was phone-pranked? Libs fell all over themselves with laughter.
I thin what he emant was that a perosn thinking about it and actually doing it has experts say is a huge differnce.Often the push can be as simple as being under the influence of alcohol or drugs when they do it as those who made serious attempts but failed have related.
It's a typical liberal mindset to think something like this is funny. Remember when Palin was phone-pranked? Libs fell all over themselves with laughter.
And that was funny, and to her credit, she didn't off herself the next week.
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