Suicide jumper pushed...you go, boyeeee.

[Cool-Beans]

http://news.aol.com/article/suicide-jumper-pushed/496337

I've said it before...I cannot stand it when people decide to tie up traffic by standing on a bridge and announcing they want to kill themselves.

There are many ways to do yourself in if that is truly your goal. You don't have to tie up and inconvenience thousands of people to do it. You don't have to prevent people from getting to the hospital...or to work or wherever. The hospital aspect always pisses me off the most, though.

These people want attention. And their need for attention doesn't trump the rest of the city's need to do what they need to do.

I'm glad someone finally said, "Enough of this crap. You want to jump, I'll help."

Guanzhou is a big city. It's bigger than New York and Los Angeles put together. I can't even imagine the tie-up this caused.

Good for the pusher.

 

[SharpMomOfTwo]

I read that too - I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but personally, I thought it was hysterical. Good for the pusher!!! Go kill yourself in the privacy of your own home -don't tie up traffic - especially for something like 5 hours!!!!

 

[aristocatz]

While I can see both sides of this, I hope the "pusher" gets arrested for attempted murder.

 

[krcit]

Wow. Such compassion.

 

[Cool-Beans]

While I can see both sides of this, I hope the "pusher" gets arrested for attempted murder.

There was no intention to murder. There was a bag set up to catch the guy - he wasn't going to die no matter what. He just wanted to keep standing there being a spectacle and holding everyone up.

But if he had pushed the guy to his death, I'd support that, too. Other people have stuff to do - often stuff that is important, life or death sometimes. They all need to do their stuff.

You don't get to stop thousands of people in their tracks because you crave attention. All of those people's lives, needs and wants are more important than your crap.

 

[Feralpeg]

It is just my opinion, but someone who is thinking of suicide needs help. They are not doing it for attention in the obvious sense. They are disturbed. A well balanced person would never consider suicide. I really, really doubt they are doing it to inconvenience others.

I truly hope the person who pushed gets charged with murder. It was a horrible thing to do.

How self-centered we are to think our needs come before those of a disturbed person crying out for help. Shame on anyone who thinks so.

 

[ajk912]

I was flabbergasted that someone would actually push someone (I know a lot of us would THINK about it..but actually do it..whoa...) till I read the story and read he was really just pushing the guy in the sorta trampoline. After several hours, enough is enough..stop the poor-me-pity-party. Lots of people have debt, just jump or get off already!

 

[Cool-Beans]

Wow. Such compassion.

I have compassion for people who suffer.

I even have some for that guy. But none for his desire to stop everyone else. When he selfishly decided that nobody else was going to get to the hospital or get across town to be there when their dad died or pick up their sick kid or get the money to the bank or whatever...he lost me.

My compassion for all those other people is absolutely greater than for just that one person, especially since it was he who was doing the rotten thing.

 

[RitaZ.]

I can't imagine pushing someone to his/her death. Sadly, it's not really surprising. What can you expect from a culture that doesn't value females?

 

[Cool-Beans]

It is just my opinion, but someone who is thinking of suicide needs help. They are not doing it for attention in the obvious sense. They are disturbed. A well balanced person would never consider suicide. I really, really doubt they are doing it to inconvenience others.

I truly hope the person who pushed gets charged with murder. It was a horrible thing to do.

How self-centered we are to think our needs come before those of a disturbed person crying out for help. Shame on anyone who thinks so.

Is that what you'd think if you'd gotten the call that your daughter had been in a car accident and was going into surgery, but they weren't sure if she'd make it?

You're rushing to the hospital and now you have to sit there for hours because this guy is standing there. You cell battery was low and is now dead. Maybe she's out of surgery and in pain and you could comfort her, maybe she's out of it, maybe she's dead. You just don't know.

You're going to feel badly for this guy and be not at all upset that you can't get where you're going? Your daughters' needs will absolutly be secondary to his? You won't care about your daughter's needs becuase you now care about this guy who holds up the traffic.

How compassionate. You must be very proud.

 

[aristocatz]

It is just my opinion, but someone who is thinking of suicide needs help. They are not doing it for attention in the obvious sense. They are disturbed. A well balanced person would never consider suicide. I really, really doubt they are doing it to inconvenience others.

I truly hope the person who pushed gets charged with murder. It was a horrible thing to do.

How self-centered we are to think our needs come before those of a disturbed person crying out for help. Shame on anyone who thinks so.

I agree with this response.

Is that what you'd think if you'd gotten the call that your daughter had been in a car accident and was going into surgery, but they weren't sure if she'd make it?

You're rushing to the hospital and now you have to sit there for hours because this guy is standing there. You cell battery was low and is now dead. Maybe she's out of surgery and in pain and you could comfort her, maybe she's out of it, maybe she's dead. You just don't know.

You're going to feel badly for this guy and be not at all upset that you can't get where you're going? Your daughters' needs will absolutly be secondary to his? You won't care about your daughter's needs becuase you now care about this guy who holds up the traffic.

How compassionate. You must be very proud.

& would you feel the same if it were your young daughter standing on that bridge? Or your loving husband? Would you say "just go ahead and push them, I've got things to do?"

What I don't understand is, if a passerby got close enough to push this guy, why couldn't police have just gotten close enough to tackle him away from the ledge? Even a policeman would be ok to push the guy down a safety ramp. The passerby should not have done that-he was tampering with police & he had no right to push this guy. I hope the passerby gets arrested.

 

[ajk912]

Maybe I read the story wrong..but I don't think the guy intended to commit suicide at all. He never even thought about jumping. To me, it seemed more like a ploy to get is debt forgiven. And it wouldn't suprise me at all if it was an undercover cop who pushed him into the trampoline-thing.

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

How self-centered we are to think our needs come before those of a disturbed person crying out for help. Shame on anyone who thinks so.

Amen.

I don't think the person who "pushed" was trying to hurt this person, but maybe trying to get the situation resolved... but I also don't think it was his responsibility to do so.

Are we really always in such a hurry that we can't take the time to be compassionate? Maybe we can pencil it into our day planners?

 

[Rebelmom67]

All the outraged Nelly's need to READ the story!! The guy was pushed on a TRAMPOLINE, the intent was not to kill but to get him the heck out of the way and let life get back to normal.

 

[Feralpeg]

Is that what you'd think if you'd gotten the call that your daughter had been in a car accident and was going into surgery, but they weren't sure if she'd make it?

You're rushing to the hospital and now you have to sit there for hours because this guy is standing there. You cell battery was low and is now dead. Maybe she's out of surgery and in pain and you could comfort her, maybe she's out of it, maybe she's dead. You just don't know.

You're going to feel badly for this guy and be not at all upset that you can't get where you're going? Your daughters' needs will absolutly be secondary to his? You won't care about your daughter's needs becuase you now care about this guy who holds up the traffic.

How compassionate. You must be very proud.

As much as I love my daughter, and I would gladly die for her, I would not put her life above that of another individual.

In your scenario, yes, it would be very hard not knowing. My being there would not change the outcome of her surgery. I would never wish the death of anyone no matter what the situation. That is one of the reasons I will never own a gun. I know that I could not use it on another person no matter what the situation. That may be hard for some to understand, but that is just me.

 

[Feralpeg]

All the outraged Nelly's need to READ the story!! The guy was pushed on a TRAMPOLINE, the intent was not to kill but to get him the heck out of the way and let life get back to normal.

I admit that I did not read the entire article. I am glad that the pushers intentions were good. I am still shocked at the lack of compassion shown toward the person considering suicide. Based on the original post, it would seem that some would not have cared even if there had not been a trampoline.

 

[Ohiodislover]

Based on the original post, it would seem that some would not have cared even if there had not been a trampoline.

Not only in the original post. In a later post she stated she would support the pusher, even if there was no trampoline.

I don't really expect anything different from the OP.

 

[Darsa]

It was the pure, unadulterated selfishness of this person's behavior that really stuck in my craw; tying up everyone else for all that time just to pretend he was going to jump, for the publicity??? It definitely IS a sign of how times have changed. People need to have their 15 minutes of fame no matter how they get it, and who knows? Maybe the guy will get a movie or a book deal out of it!

Ugh. Just ridiculous.

 

[goofy!]

All the outraged Nelly's need to READ the story!! The guy was pushed on a TRAMPOLINE, the intent was not to kill but to get him the heck out of the way and let life get back to normal.

It was a 26 foot fall and the airbag was only partially inflated at the time. It was not safe to push the disturbed man.

The potential suicide victim suffered spinal injuries from landing on a partially inflated airbag. The article I read said it was lucky he survived the fall.

This was not an act of "kindness" to get the jumper to safety, but a vigilante who was annoyed, (his own words) at a disturbed man's actions, believing he knew better than the jumper what his intentions were. He took it upon himself to decide why the man was there and decided to take action himself, even though the authorities were there and handling the situation.

"I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interest," Lai was quoted as saying by Xinhua. "They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals."

 

[luvsJack]

All the outraged Nelly's need to READ the story!! The guy was pushed on a TRAMPOLINE, the intent was not to kill but to get him the heck out of the way and let life get back to normal.

And how sad is it that in the world today we are so busy and so important that we feel the need to just push aside someone asking for help and "let life get back to normal".