Suicide?

[Brianfo]

Have you ever contemplated suicide? I have, I think about it everyday. I think my kids and wife would be better off without me. My wife is an absolute angel. She did not deserve to be stuck with me. I know that it's the right thing to do. But it's cowardly. I know for a fact that I am going to hell. I love my kids and wife so much, but I have not been a good father.

[Otter]

Originally Posted by RubberSponge

You never know. He could have his house filled with drugs and you could be sending him to prison for years after the Sheriff finds them. Where he would then hang himself with a shoelace.

I think in buddhist terms you would then be responsible for his death. You buddhist?

If you have a house full of drugs I'd air on the side of caution to drawing attention to yourself. His fault.

Originally Posted by Lumpy

Did the number you came up w/ match mine?

Don't know. I already closed that window since I passed it on to the authorities. They made contact but wouldn't give me any information.

Originally Posted by RubberSponge

You never know. He could have his house filled with drugs and you could be sending him to prison for years after the Sheriff finds them. Where he would then hang himself with a shoelace.

I think in buddhist terms you would then be responsible for his death. You buddhist?

I'm budding but not buddhist. I think I did the right thing. I don't know what more I could be expected to do under the circumstances.

[Lumpy]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Don't know. I already closed that window since I passed it on to the authorities. They made contact but wouldn't give me any information.

WTF? They couldn't say, "yeah, the guy is ok and he's pissed at you fools for tracking him down"... nothing?

[Otter]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I'm budding but not buddhist. I think I did the right thing. I don't know what more I could be expected to do under the circumstances.

For what it's worth, and I know I carry a lot of weight around here, I'm the Chiefsplanet gladiator champion and all...you did what you could and if it pans out shitty for the guy it's his fault. He could have posted anytime with something as simple as ' sorry guys, rough day, ignore this please'.

I hate when people do this and I've dealt with this too. No need for BS.

[Abba-Dabba]

Originally Posted by Otter

If you have a house full of drugs I'd air on the side of caution to drawing attention to yourself. His fault.

People need a venue to vent from time to time. Don't know why he choose this place. Maybe because he thought he could do it anonymously without burdening his wife and family. Well there goes that, I guess.

I really don't know how to feel about it to be honest. I can see good and bad. like the old saying goes. The road to hell is paved with good intentions

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I'm budding but not buddhist. I think I did the right thing. I don't know what more I could be expected to do under the circumstances.

You did absolutely the right thing in this circumstance.

I applaude you in your efforts to help someone tonight.

[Abba-Dabba]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I'm budding but not buddhist. I think I did the right thing. I don't know what more I could be expected to do under the circumstances.

Don't get me wrong. I don't think you did anything bad. Just may have added a few extra complications, or started the process of him addressing his issues is all I'm saying. It can go either way.

[Abba-Dabba]

And I have called the law on someone attempting suicide by taking 20 valiums. They proceeded then to take on 5 officers who responded while kicking a couple of them in the chest. Which they then were criminally charged for.

Hate to say it again. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

[Otter]

Originally Posted by RubberSponge

People need a venue to vent from time to time. Don't know why he choose this place. Maybe because he thought he could do it anonymously without burdening his wife and family. Well there goes that, I guess.

I really don't know how to feel about it to be honest. I can see good and bad. like the old saying goes. The road to hell is paved with good intentions

Hit a bag, wake up and run until your lungs are ready to explode. This is a cry for attention and if the guy is dead I'll eat me words but I've seen this before.

I'm done with it.

[Abba-Dabba]

Originally Posted by Otter

Hit a bag, wake up and run until your lungs are ready to explode. This is a cry for attention and if the guy is dead I'll eat me words but I've seen this before.

I'm done with it.

Cry for attention or just needing a venue to vent. I think a case could be made either way.

We've had people vent a lot. Don't think they post "I'm considering offing myself and I know it's the right thing to do..." and then disappear. That's what sealed it for me. If you wanna stick around and talk it out, we're all about that. But don't post "I'm gonna kill myself" and then nothing.

I think there are a lot of genuinely decent people out on this site who care about one another. I hope Brian takes it as "we care" rather than, "why the hell did you guys track me down?"

[FAX]

Originally Posted by Phobia

I know but I decided to let somebody who is trained handle it. He'll be getting a knock at the door from the Sheriff Dept in a few minutes. I pray to God everybody is okay.

... trying to catch a wink or two there (The beautiful and witty Mrs. FAX says we have to go shopping tomorrow. She mentioned something about Christmas packages.)

Anyhow, I missed all this.

So you called the authorities? Excellent. Good job, Mr. Phobia. Well done and rightly so.

Hopefully, either they will intercede and stop something before it happens, or this will sponsor some professional help, or get his wife involved, or convince him to stop posting wolf cries on the board, if that's the case. Either way, it's a win.

My compliments and congratulations to you, Mr. Phobia.

I'll be gone most of the day tomorrow, but if I need to call this guy, shoot me his number and I'll ring him up tomorrow when I return.

FAX

[FAX]

Originally Posted by Phobia

We've had people vent a lot. Don't think they post "I'm considering offing myself and I know it's the right thing to do..." and then disappear. That's what sealed it for me. If you wanna stick around and talk it out, we're all about that. But don't post "I'm gonna kill myself" and then nothing.

I think there are a lot of genuinely decent people out on this site who care about one another. I hope Brian takes it as "we care" rather than, "why the hell did you guys track me down?"

Don't worry about how he "takes it". That's on him in the first place.

Besides, this happened once before ... and not all that long ago, as I recall.

It was a spoof, though ... if I remember correctly. And after the OP got to some people ... including yours truly. Not a cool thing to do.

FAX

I was kinda surprised how easy it was to find him off a 10 year old email address in which the domain name was dead though. Usually I have to dig pretty hard.