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Post by swl on May 23, 2009 9:04:52 GMT
A man threatening to commit suicide by jumping from a Chinese bridge was approached by a passer-by who shoved him over the edge, local media say. Lai Jiansheng, 66, said he was fed up with the desperate man's "selfish activity" which caused huge traffic jams in Guangzhou, southern China. Retired soldier Mr Lai at first volunteered to try to talk Mr Chen down but was turned away by police, Xinhua said. Mr Lai is said to have then broken through the police cordon, climbed to where Mr Chen sat, greeted him with a handshake - and then pushed him off the edge. BBC  |
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Post by bonbonlarue on May 23, 2009 9:19:26 GMT
Tough love?
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Post by Patrick on May 23, 2009 9:53:30 GMT
I see from the article that another 12 have had a go in April and each time held up the traffic - the chap who pushed him over must have been unlucky enough to be caught before!
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Post by housesparrow on May 23, 2009 14:18:45 GMT
There isn't much point hanging around on a bridge once an inflatable air cushion has been placed underneath. Once I read that bit my sympathies went with Mr Lai!
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Post by everso on May 23, 2009 15:03:03 GMT
A man threatening to commit suicide by jumping from a Chinese bridge was approached by a passer-by who shoved him over the edge, local media say. Lai Jiansheng, 66, said he was fed up with the desperate man's "selfish activity" which caused huge traffic jams in Guangzhou, southern China. Retired soldier Mr Lai at first volunteered to try to talk Mr Chen down but was turned away by police, Xinhua said. Mr Lai is said to have then broken through the police cordon, climbed to where Mr Chen sat, greeted him with a handshake - and then pushed him off the edge. BBC Can't say I blame him. People who commit suicide and cause dreadful disruption to hundreds of other people are selfish. Yes, yes, I know they're not in their right mind, but it's a real bummer when you're stuck on a train because someone's jumped in front of it. eversoharsh |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on May 23, 2009 15:16:45 GMT
I once spoke to a lad who's dad had served time in the army and seen a fair bit of death, he later went on to be a train driver and said it was far more traumatic due to reckless suiciders. As for this thread/story, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't "LOL" most merrily.  AH |
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Post by Flatypus on May 24, 2009 2:06:16 GMT
Suicides kill themselves. I've had friends enough in A&E and psychiatry to know that suicides do not advertise themselves with emotional blackmail (that any of us might feel), like two men looking over their shoulder blustering "I'll kill him if you don't stop me" (with the girlfriends interfering to prevent stopping the fight they enjoy). Real suicides do it alone because there is nobody they could tell and they want liberation, not being dragged back. And good bloody luck to them with the guts to liberate themselves from corporate exploitation if they have not found a Mate to support their liberation from it into a home and Friends to love and to care for them in return instead of being nothing more than an unemotional unfeeling uncaring worker-consumer.
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Post by housesparrow on May 24, 2009 7:39:04 GMT
I don't think that's true, Piffle. Quite often people poised on parapets do eventually jump, despite the efforts of trained people who try to talk them down.
On reflection, many years ago I phoned the Samaritans because I was going though some trauma. I wasn't suicidal when I called, but after listening to the patronising platitudes of the person at the other end, I felt much closer to it when I hung up.
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Post by bonbonlarue on May 24, 2009 9:10:59 GMT
Very recently, a local man hanged himself in the family home. His young wife found him but it could easily have been his children. How fuffin' selfish.
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Post by Patrick on May 24, 2009 9:16:44 GMT
Can't say I blame him. People who commit suicide and cause dreadful disruption to hundreds of other people are selfish. Yes, yes, I know they're not in their right mind, but it's a real bummer when you're stuck on a train because someone's jumped in front of it. eversoharsh On a rural-ish stretch of line on the way down to Hastings, our train hit a shoop. I didn't envy the driver having to pick bits of that offf the front of the train! The only thing I worried about as we sat there for ages was hoping the perilous state of our signalling system wouldn't let another train through the last section and hit us from behind! |
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Post by riotgrrl on May 24, 2009 11:00:19 GMT
Can't say I blame him. People who commit suicide and cause dreadful disruption to hundreds of other people are selfish. Yes, yes, I know they're not in their right mind, but it's a real bummer when you're stuck on a train because someone's jumped in front of it. eversoharsh On a rural-ish stretch of line on the way down to Hastings, our train hit a shoop. I didn't envy the driver having to pick bits of that offf the front of the train! The only thing I worried about as we sat there for ages was hoping the perilous state of our signalling system wouldn't let another train through the last section and hit us from behind! When you say 'a shoop', do you mean 'a sheep'? |
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Post by Patrick on May 24, 2009 21:55:02 GMT
On a rural-ish stretch of line on the way down to Hastings, our train hit a shoop. I didn't envy the driver having to pick bits of that offf the front of the train! The only thing I worried about as we sat there for ages was hoping the perilous state of our signalling system wouldn't let another train through the last section and hit us from behind! When you say 'a shoop', do you mean 'a sheep'? Of course! Shoop is to Sheep as Goose is to Geese! Not a Nationally recognised rule I know, but it's my rule and I'm proud of it!  |
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