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Originally posted by Melusine:
Yep. And so, based on speculation and our nice ingrained prejudices, we can pat ourselves on the shoulder satisfiedly and say "HE DESERVED TO DIE". Sorry, I don't work that way. I wasn't trying to excuse his behaviour, I was trying to show people you cannot judge a person you don't even know that quickly, let alone make a judgement about their right to live.
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Mel (and Masklinn, Leonis, Wulfere, Attalus and everyone else) I see where you're coming from, and it's a beautiful place [img]smile.gif[/img] You guys are showing alot of compassion and consideration here, for which I'm sure we're all thankful. But thinking this guy was an idiot and thinking he deserved to die and two entirely different things. For one, it does not seem that he was trying to commit suicide, it seems that he was trying to show off to his so-called internet buddies about how many drugs he could take and how 'hard-core' that made him. I just can't feel warmth toward such people. He was 21, I'm a year younger than he was and I already know how pathetic and childish those sorts of macho show-off games are. If he was sad and depressed and contemplating suicide (and of course, how would
I know that he was not contemplating these things. Well, call it a hunch) then I would be right there with you in the 'compassionate consideration' line of thought on this one. A young lad lost his life, it's a horrible thing, but I can't feel the same amount of sympathy for this case as I would for someone who was generally distraught and took their own life in private. He didn't deserve to die, but I (personally) don't think he deserves any more than the standard amount of respect/sympathy for the dead either.
But thank you for putting all of us macho show-offs in our place about the callousness of our posts [img]smile.gif[/img]
[ 02-04-2003, 07:35 PM: Message edited by: The Hierophant ]