Do you go through all the obits in the newspaper and demand footnotes?
Easy there Ruffy, no need to get your knickers in a twist. Enough with the Teddy Bear Grief.
Funny how the press still avoids stating the obvious.
Do you go through all the obits in the newspaper and demand footnotes?
Easy there Ruffy, no need to get your knickers in a twist. Enough with the Teddy Bear Grief.
Funny how the press still avoids stating the obvious.
Which is?
I read somewhere that he suffered from deep depression. If that is the case, then no matter how much money he had, it wouldn't make a difference with how "lucky" he was.
Sadly true. It doesnt care how good you have it when it strikes. Our mental health system here is almost useless which doesnt help.
Yes maybe if he had stayed with his family he wouldn't have been so emotionally torn .
That he killed himself. The press has avoided publicizing it as a suicide. At least in this article.
I have not seen any articles with specifics about how he died but there are more than a few that mention suicide.
There has been an unwritten rule in the media not to report suicide. The belief is that reporting on suicide can actually cause more people to take their own lives. I suspect that is the case here.
There has been an unwritten rule in the media not to report suicide. The belief is that reporting on suicide can actually cause more people to take their own lives. I suspect that is the case here.
Apparently it can happen:I've heard that theory. I have no idea if there is any truth to the idea though. I wonder if it would also apply to things like murder or car accidents. I have had suicidal thoughts before and actually found news stories on it to be a good deterrent. Reinforces the idea that it isnt a good idea. There arent too many of them that end with "and everyone is happy now."
Did you have a point or were you just setting up an opportunity to share this nugget of wisdom?
I've heard that theory. I have no idea if there is any truth to the idea though. I wonder if it would also apply to things like murder or car accidents. I have had suicidal thoughts before and actually found news stories on it to be a good deterrent. Reinforces the idea that it isnt a good idea. There arent too many of them that end with "and everyone is happy now."
A huge problem with suicide is that people skirt around it. They are afraid to say to someone, are you suicidal? Are you going to harm yourself? People avoid the topic.
His partner will have a hard road ahead of him.
He was a father. He was human, so capable of love. How's that for political spin for ya?You're the one who brought up the subject about him being a loving father.
Agreed, yes that is exactly the fear. The reality is, if someone is thinking about suicide, asking them if they are is exactly what they need to be asked. Once someone is there only a straightforward approach is possible if they are going to be deterred.I suppose the fear might be that to say it out loud might trigger the actual thought.
More people need to take suicide prevention courses. If as many people took suicide prevention courses as they do first aid courses it would help a lot.
I suppose the fear might be that to say it out loud might trigger the actual thought.
I find it troubling that people feel a need to gloss over the obvious. Even the idiotic assertions as to what kind of individual he was before he took his own life. He killed himself, whether he was or was not a good father, loving husband, working hard to get better is a bunch of BS. He was a very troubled person who chose to take his own life. That in itself is a tragedy. Why say a bunch of BS to try and make it sound like he fought the good fight.
Why would I need to take a prevention course?
Must be true.....Ford said so.....And you call me an idiot? You think that apparent suicide and the fact that he was a loving father and worked very hard to overcome this disease are mutually exclusive statements?
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who defeated Smitherman in the 2010 election, tweeted: “It is with great sadness that I have learned of the passing of Mr. Christopher Peloso, husband to Mr. George Smitherman, and loving father.”