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Old 04-12-2014, 04:44 PM
 
Location: My beloved Bluegrass
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Someone should have pushed him.
Dude.... that is wrong on so, so very many levels. Life is extraordinarily precious.
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Old 04-12-2014, 04:48 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Someone should have pushed him.
Why?
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Old 04-12-2014, 05:01 PM
 
Location: Stasis
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Someone should have pushed him.
If it was a PTSD Afghanistan vet would you have the same snark?
30 percent of Iraq, Afghanistan veterans have mulled suicide: survey - NBC News

A bullied and raped teen?
Canadian teenager Rehtaeh Parsons commits suicide after alleged rape, bullying - CNN.com

Your snark comes from seeing people needing help as nameless leeches on the system.
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Old 04-12-2014, 05:08 PM
 
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Dude.... that is wrong on so, so very many levels. Life is extraordinarily precious.
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Why?
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If it was a PTSD Afghanistan vet would you have the same snark?
30 percent of Iraq, Afghanistan veterans have mulled suicide: survey - NBC News

A bullied and raped teen?
Canadian teenager Rehtaeh Parsons commits suicide after alleged rape, bullying - CNN.com

Your snark comes from seeing people needing help as nameless leeches on the system.
He OBVIOUSLY wanted to die. So instead of holding up traffic someone should just help him. Its his life he should be allowed to die if he wants to. I don't care WHY he wanted to die. He just did.
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Old 04-12-2014, 05:10 PM
 
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Do you think that a link to the story could be posted?

Harrier lives near L.A. and has not heard of this, probably because the big story is the northern California bus crash.
Sorry, I should've done that. As suicidal man closes highway, stranded drivers take selfies [pics] | Twitchy
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Old 04-12-2014, 05:14 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Thanks.
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Old 04-12-2014, 05:20 PM
 
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Someone should have pushed him.
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He OBVIOUSLY wanted to die. So instead of holding up traffic someone should just help him. Its his life he should be allowed to die if he wants to. I don't care WHY he wanted to die. He just did.
As far as pushing him goes, that's wrong. That's assisting in suicide which is illegal. He didn't want to die, he wanted help (Hence why he didn't jump immediately). He knew that there was a way out of his situation, but he didn't know how to get out. And plus, what if he hit a car and killed someone else from the impact? That's not cool either.

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If it was a PTSD Afghanistan vet would you have the same snark?
30 percent of Iraq, Afghanistan veterans have mulled suicide: survey - NBC News

A bullied and raped teen?
Canadian teenager Rehtaeh Parsons commits suicide after alleged rape, bullying - CNN.com

Your snark comes from seeing people needing help as nameless leeches on the system.
I believe that this was a cry for help because if he really wanted to commit suicide, he would've done it immediately or done it somewhere else. He was obstructing traffic. Not that people in LA experience traffic on a daily basis, but being stuck on the highway for 3 hours is not fun. Most people who are suicidal don't jump (about 2%).

This guy wanted to die but he would've preferred getting help. The 30% of vets with PTSD who actually commit suicide and the bullied & raped teen were people who seriously wanted to die. They didn't see a light at the end of the tunnel.
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Old 04-12-2014, 05:54 PM
 
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Nonsense gunlover. Obviously you are a republican? Have you seen what the republicans want done to things that help the poor? Yeah they want it all taken away. Also if ending his life is what he wants to do to make himself feel better why should I stop him? Though you conservatives were all about individuality etc.
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Old 04-12-2014, 06:12 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas,Nevada
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Nonsense gunlover. Obviously you are a republican? Have you seen what the republicans want done to things that help the poor? Yeah they want it all taken away. Also if ending his life is what he wants to do to make himself feel better why should I stop him? Though you conservatives were all about individuality etc.
Are we telling them to jump of a bridge?

Who wants to bring in 30,000,000 new entitlement voters to stack the deck away from Americans?

Who is oppressed to the building of a border fence?

Who wants them to pay more for "green energy" while blocking American energy independence?

Who is actively trying to strip them of the 2nd Amendment rights?

Who is blocking TROT Reform, and allowing people to own healthcare policies all the while support a unaffordable healthcare and killing jobs?

It leftist (Neo Cons like Bush are leftist)
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Old 04-12-2014, 06:15 PM
 
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Neither party is correct on everything...not even half the time..
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