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>Dan D. <dand@rmi.net> opined in article...

-> As I recall, - Penny P wrote:

> ->Same can be said for any "thrill seeker" who has pursuits outside the
> ->realm of
> ->the couch potato lifestyle. You didn't complain when the Camera
> ->did/does the
> ->stories of all the Boulder based climbers dying on Everest, Anapurna,
> ->Boulder Falls,
> ->Eldorado Park, etc etc. Or all the other Boulder thrill seeking
> ->athletes/adventurers
> ->who die, Skydivers, RaceDrivers, RedCross volunteers who step on land
> ->mines etc.
> 
> Difference:  Those thrill seekers seek their thrills where
> they don't impact other people.


Where would that be? On the moon? When climbers/hikers go down, they impact
and or endanger their fellow partners and any rescue workers who come after them.

> 
> ->See above. So if otherwise "good" people die in a momentary lapse or
> ->thrill kill, then
> ->they forfeit any chance to be mourned in public, and their death is
> ->no longer a news story?
> 
> Death by one's own hand (accidental or intentional) is not
> a tragedy.

Sounds almost Shakesperean ...


> ->Now a big part of this story was the irony of the wedding/death,
> ->beginning/end contrast. 
> ->If, hypothetically, the driver had been on her way to dance at the
> ->Bustop, would the 
> ->tragedy have been any greater/less in perspective? Or if the driver
> ->had been a older 
> ->male hispanic working on his 4th DUI ?? 
> 
> Just the facts, ma'am.  
> Person died through their own fault and impacted someone who should not
> have had to be involved.


On July 8th the Denver Post reported that a Police Officer Mike Van Wyk 
died as a result of an off-duty motorcycle accident. The reporter, Marylin
Robinson states he wasn't wearing a crash helmet. He left behind (impacted) a
4 year old daughter.



> That makes him the lowest form of scum.

Would you apply this to the above officer?


> If anyone has spotted a memorial on the side of the road where
> he died, let me know so I can go piss on it.
> 
> If he was buried locally, I may drink a few extra cups of coffee
> and visit the cemetary as well.
> 
> ->We all do, don't be afraid. It is what you do with your life, whilst
> ->waiting for the inevitable
> ->death that defines who we are. Go ahead, take a chance, drive to
> ->WholeFoods today without wearing a seat belt ... wow, whata rush.
> 
> That impacts only the one who doesn't wear the seatbelt.
> See the difference?

And/or anyone else involved in the crash who has to needlessly witness
their bloody death, as in the case of the rollerblader.
See the similarity?


> 
> Death through one's own fault has the effect of cleansing the
> gene pool.  Since it was their own fault, I can only assume
> they WANTED to die.  Hell, maybe the guy did it on purpose.
> Maybe he got what he WANTED.  We should be REJOICING.  This 
> is a happy time, not a tragedy.

So should we rejoice that officer Van Wyk wanted to die and had a cleansing 
effect? He enganged in a high risk behavior, of his own free will, and made
it exponentially riskier by not wearing a crash helmet. Are you happy?


> 
> I approve of suicide.  Hell, I encourage it.  

It should be allowed and encouraged as free will ...


> 
> I still want to put up a billboard:
> LONELY?  DEPRESSED?  UNEMPLOYED?
> NEED A HELPING HAND?
> 
> Then, at the bottom, instead of "JESUS" it reads:
> THERE'S ALWAYS SUICIDE.
> 

Some might say that Jesus is Suicide ...