Thursday, May 17, 2007
Suicide → Suicidal Hanging
This young man committed suicide by hanging himself.
Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a cord wrapped around the neck, causing death. Throughout history it has been used as a form of capital punishment. The first record of use is in the Persian Empire approximately 2,500 years ago, and some countries still use it today. It is also a common method of committing suicide.
Wiki Article: Hanging
Your Comments
| Re. Hangin' |
| I would also like to bring to attention your comment, a well as other's comments on here, about this man and other suicide victims being "weak". This statement reveals extreme ignorance. People commit suicide for many, many reasons. A large number of suicides are caused by depression, bi-polar disorder, post- traumatic stress disorder due to rape, war, or other traumatic event, side effects from medications that cause suicidal drive in otherwise non-suicidal people, chronic incurable physical pain, finding out one has a terminal or degenerative disease and wishing to die with dignity, and intense bullying and harassment from which people can not seem to find relief -- Yes, including harassment and bullying in the form of racism. |
| 2011-12-10 12:09:57 |
| Re. Hangin' |
| People do not commit suicide out of weakness, they commit suicide out of unbearable suffering. Nobody wants to die. But there are times that living becomes too much to bear. The people who judge others so harshly for choosing to end their suffering may someday find themselves facing a choice regarding ending their own lives. Life is a hell of a thing to happen to a person. |
| 2011-12-10 12:09:12 |
| Re. Pissed off |
| Hi again, I apologize for taking so long to write back. I would like to clear one thing up quickly. When I said that was racist propaganda, what I was referring to wasn't your historical references. It was your use of historical facts to lead up to a claim that white people are weak and inferior to black people with which I found opposition. |
| 2011-12-10 11:38:58 |
| Re. Pissed off |
| Every racist group in history has used historical dates and figures to build a claim of being the First, the True, the Superior Race, and make others out to be the weak, the meek, the intruders, and generally inferior -- and therefore subhuman. By taking away somebody's humanity, they can begin to justify and promote unspeakable acts of violence and hatred toward their victims. They all begin with the tactic of elevating their own race above others and inflaming their followers' sense of entitlement. And that is called propaganda. |
| 2011-12-10 11:38:01 |
| Re. Pissed off |
| Oops, if you are reading these in the order I inteded them, the next one has a mistake in it's name -- I forgot to add the "Re." part, sorry about that. |
| 2011-12-10 11:36:58 |
| Pissed off |
| But moving on from that . . . Absolutely, I'd love to take some time and learn about African/Nubian history. If you give me the names of some good books or other resources on the subject, I will certainly track them down. I love stuff like that. And I wouldn't doubt for a minute that there are countless historical figures from those cultures who contributed indispensable knowledge and wisdom to our world and it would be great to learn their names. |
| 2011-12-10 11:31:16 |
| Re. Pissed off |
| But reading about the those societies is not going to give me respect for you. I do not respect people or not respect people based on their race's history. Whatever I learn about your race, it is not going to affect my view of you as a person. But more than that, you don't need to try to gain my respect at all. Your response here gives me all the respect in the world for you, and I am moved by your genuine introspection. You handled my reply with great dignity and honor and I am extremely impressed with the character you have shown. So few people would have responded the way you did, and I thank you for listening to my words and doing me the honor of replying with such sincerity and depth. Thank you, my friend. |
| 2011-12-10 11:28:33 |
| Re. Pissed off |
| I cannot blame you for feeling angry toward white people if you have been treated regularly with such bigotry. When we have been treated consistently badly by a particular "type" of person, meaning race, religion, sex, whatever, it is easy to begin to think that everyone of that "type" thinks the same way and is equally abusive. God knows I've had it happen to me. But hopefully we get the chance to have far more good experiences than bad with any given group. Sometimes it only takes one good person from that group to help you see that not all are like that. |
| 2011-12-10 11:27:18 |
| Re. Pissed off |
| I'm glad if I can be that for you. I'm sorry that you've had such bad experiences with white people. Really, truly, from the bottom of my heart I apologize that you've had to go through that. The fact that anyone would be abusive toward you and your people, and act as though they are speaking for ME and MY RACE makes me absolutely sick, and mad as hell. Please know that those few, small, ignorant individuals do NOT speak for us. |
| 2011-12-10 11:26:27 |
| Hangin' n swangin' |
| To Pissed?? Why are you goin on out like a sucka?? Cuz you know if it was someone black it would be all types of racist shit on here. Dead or alive dude was a chump for committing suicide. Weak ass cracker!! |
| 2011-12-07 23:25:50 |
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