Quote Originally Posted by Kid Dynamite
Dear god (torog) Have some f*cking respect. That post was totally and utterly off the topic. Were talking about a great writer who has died, and then you spring in with your usual f*cking politics and democrat bashing. Nobody cares about your ploitical bullshit. If you have to spout your shit, then put it in the f*cking p[olitics section, dont make us read it when were trying to pay our respects to somebody.

(rant over. I just get f*cking sick of politics sometimes)
Howdy Kid,

When he killed himself,he pissed in his cornflakes and brought un-told to his family..it's hard to respect that..I know personally,the grief that suicide brings..I had to clean my 17 year old uncle's brains off the floor and walls,when he killed himself..and I'm still haunted by that memory..which still includes the anger and grief I felt back then, in 1975..I was just 16. .and that was my first pall-bearer duty,as well. My mother still crys over the loss of her brother and just last month,was asking me what he said and did,in the weeks and days before he committed suicide..dear Lord..doesn't she deserve a break ?

I don't hate my uncle for what he did,I'm just very dissapointed in him for making such an awful decision. It's possible to honor Mr.Thompson for what he did in his life..but his method of death,should be denounced and never offered as a solution.

I'm simply trying to counsel against a mind-set,that makes excuses for bad behaviour..rather than being accountable for one's decisions..at some point-one has to 'grow up',and realize that one is accountable for all decisions..then be man or woman enough,to deal with the consequences..is that so wrong ?

Talking about this type of death,is a part of 'coming to terms with the grief',and is a critical part of the healing that needs to occur with the victims of suicide. I never got any grief counseling when my uncle killed himself,things didn't seem to matter much,and I sunk deeper into drugs,weed and alcohol,dropped out of school and wound up with a GED..and that was just the impact on me-his nephew. His sister,just one month older than me,had to see his terribly mutilated body,she dropped out of school and got into even more trouble than I..so forgive me for being so cold earlier..but I reacted with an old anger and sadness.

Have a good one....