Boy Hangs Himself After Watching Saddam

[Last Conformist]

When I was a kid, we only had sane passtimes. Like punching one another in the stomach.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove


It was an off and on thing for 7 years. In 1999 I received a call from his wife with the news that he had detonated a home made pipe bomb against himself. There were several suicide attempts and several "disappearences" over the intervening years, He shacked up with crazy women. By this year we were all emotionally drained. I did what I could. Every once and awhile I think of something I might have said that might have kept him from the inevitable, but then I think that I just don't know if he would have ever listened. I don't bother over it for long.

You know what really bothers me? I last saw him this last summer. He was living in St. Petersburg, Florida. I came down for vacation and stayed at a time share in Orlando. The clerks insisted that I bring my family to a Pizza lunch. I had arranged to meet my brother in St. Petersburg later that day. Salesmen descended on us pitching for a sort of "upgrade" to the time share. I knew that it was BS, but the salespeople I kept up the pressure and I became anxious that I might miss the meeting. I was almost panicking. Those bastards made me pay $5000 to see my brother one last time.
Do not under any circumstances buy into a "Suntara" timeshare. They're scum.

I do know some of what you mean, after my dad's head injury he had issues for the next 12.5 years.

The last time he called me, after he hung up, I figured that he would calm down after a few days (or weeks) and life would continue. I didn't know what else to do. Currently, I very much wish I had called back, although I still don't know what else I could have said.

And I definitely don't know what could have been done to fix the situation. I still miss him though.

JM

[Bkeela]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
If it were an adult moron, who hung himself out of drunkness or stupidity, I'd laugh too and call him a Darwin award laureate. But if it happens to a boy, who's not yet fully aware what he's doing and tries things out of curiosity (and that's not anormal, but inherently how children are!), it's certainly a tragedy and nothing I'd make a joke of.

Your mileage may vary, of course. I didn't say "you shouldn't find it funny", but merely that I don't.

[SlowwHand]

Stupid people.
An arm gets broken, it can be set. Minds are tougher.

[Dis]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Most life insurance won't pay for suicide.

are you sure about this?

I have considered suicide. Although I don't have any life insurance currently. I think even the SGLI the military pays, don't they? I even considered suicide this past new years. Though I knew I'd never do it. You'd be surprised how hard it is to put a gun to your head and pull the trigger. And this time around I'd have other people who I'd hurt (I think- sometimes I wonder if they really care about me)

[LordShiva]

Don't do it, Dis.

[SlowwHand]

I'm pretty sure, Dis.

[b etor]

Yes, it is hard to put the gun to your head and pull the trigger. And what if your bullet didn't hit a spot that would kill you? You could be like braindead or something. That'd suck.
I think I would jump off a 36 floor hotel and shoot myself a bit before I reached the ground. Better chance of getting the job done that way.

[SlowwHand]

That's overkill.

[SlowwHand]

The policy, like all insurance policies, is a legal contract specifying the terms and conditions of risks assumed. Special provisions may apply, such as suicide clauses wherein the policy becomes null if the insured commits suicide within a specified time (usually two years after the purchase date; some states provide a statutory one-year suicide clause).

So I guess eventually the company might pay.

[Dis]

Originally posted by b etor
Yes, it is hard to put the gun to your head and pull the trigger. And what if your bullet didn't hit a spot that would kill you? You could be like braindead or something. That'd suck.
I think I would jump off a 36 floor hotel and shoot myself a bit before I reached the ground. Better chance of getting the job done that way.

I thought about that, and I wanted to know what is the most sure way to do it. Do I put it in my mouth like in the beginning of Lethal Weapon? Or to the side of my temple? I think a shotgun is a surer way to do it. Kurt Cobain style. But I don't have a shotgun. Only a 9mm withy hydroshok hollowpoing bullets.

[b etor]

I'd do side of the temple. Or at the heart so blood pumping ceases quickly.
I don't think you should kill yourself tho.

[SlowwHand]

You know, Dis, you need to seek help. I'm serious.
Talking like you are is not a thing to blow off. Well, neither is a head.

[khines]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
And the medical examiner just screwed them.

How did the ME screw them? The kid hung himself. Doesn't matter what caused it, it's self-inflicted.

Wasn't an accident...he intentionally put the rope around his neck. Wasn't murder. He did it.

[SlowwHand]

Unless it was an accident like was initially reported.