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Post by sanjosefan on Nov 11, 2009 9:43:01 GMT
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Post by Dan on Nov 11, 2009 11:38:41 GMT
No sympathy for people who kill themselves, a highly selfish thing to do in my humble opinion. His wife must be really hurting now, especially after losing the kid too.
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Post by sparta on Nov 11, 2009 12:27:12 GMT
Having been to many suicides on the railway, I have sympathy to the police officers that had to deal with it.
A very messy way to go.
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Post by Yotes on Nov 11, 2009 12:59:11 GMT
Having never suffered from depression, I don't know how it affects one’s psyche. A 32 year old reaching the stage where, in his mind, death is preferable to life - despite all the apparent positives in that life and despite knowing what it’d mean to those that survive him - is to me deserving of sympathy.
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Post by sanjosefan on Nov 11, 2009 14:40:33 GMT
Having never suffered from depression, I don't know how it affects one’s psyche. It really messes with you. Trust me. |
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Post by Dan on Nov 11, 2009 15:30:54 GMT
Having never suffered from depression, I don't know how it affects one’s psyche. A 32 year old reaching the stage where, in his mind, death is preferable to life - despite all the apparent positives in that life and despite knowing what it’d mean to those that survive him - is to me deserving of sympathy. Doing it in a way that will severely screw up his wife, child, the train driver and the police though? The train driver may never drive again. |
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Post by dodit on Nov 11, 2009 15:48:47 GMT
No sympathy for people who kill themselves, a highly selfish thing to do in my humble opinion. His wife must be really hurting now, especially after losing the kid too. Regardless of whether you have respect for people who kill theirselves or not, how about showing some respect to his family regardless of whether they'll see this or not. RIP |
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Post by Doughnut on Nov 11, 2009 16:11:00 GMT
Having never suffered from depression, I don't know how it affects one’s psyche. A 32 year old reaching the stage where, in his mind, death is preferable to life - despite all the apparent positives in that life and despite knowing what it’d mean to those that survive him - is to me deserving of sympathy. Doing it in a way that will severely screw up his wife, child, the train driver and the police though? The train driver may never drive again. I think you're over simplifying the matter and being very insensitive whilst doing so. Generally speaking people who commit suicide aren't usually thinking straight about anything or anyone. Granted they probably don't think about how it might affect other people and yes in a way that is selfish, but that doesn't mean they deserve no sympathy or to be disrespected. |
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Post by Yotes on Nov 11, 2009 16:11:40 GMT
Doing it in a way that will severely screw up his wife, child, the train driver and the police though? The train driver may never drive again. All of that's true. I guess he just wasn't in a mental state that those considerations outweighed his desire to die, or even weighed on the decision at all. If it was a callous act of a clear thinking mind, I'd agree with you I think, but to me this guy was ill, and for that and where it's led him to, he gets my sympathy. |
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Post by sparta on Nov 16, 2009 14:05:57 GMT
Having been to many suicides on the railway, I have sympathy to the police officers that had to deal with it. A very messy way to go. That'll teach me; I've dealt with two this week in Coventry. |
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Post by Dan on Nov 16, 2009 14:10:33 GMT
No sympathy for people who kill themselves, a highly selfish thing to do in my humble opinion. His wife must be really hurting now, especially after losing the kid too. Regardless of whether you have respect for people who kill theirselves or not, how about showing some respect to his family regardless of whether they'll see this or not. RIP I could go on, but you're right. Out of respect i'll keep it to myself. |
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Post by Fraggle on Dec 24, 2009 13:18:34 GMT
Having been to many suicides on the railway, I have sympathy to the police officers that had to deal with it. A very messy way to go. That'll teach me; I've dealt with two this week in Coventry. More to come no doubt - New Year is suicide hot spot. I don't think anyone who has worked in emergency services and dealt with people killing themselves/threatening to kill themselves can be classed as being totally callous if they're not overly sympathetic with the person that chose to inflict their suicide and the ensuing fall out on others though. I'm sure we all have massive sympathy for those left behind and having to deal with it though. |
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