This girl had a problem. She devised a solution. She planned how to implement that solution. And then she put the plan to action, quite successfully, it seems (hardly the norm for suicide attempts). She was in complete control of her life, more than most of us can claim to be.
She could have left the world on a pretty positive note after all. Mental problems? If they weren't problems for *her*, then screw them. If somebody wants to file a complaint, the worst he can do now is the old burying-in-unholy-ground trick. And the girl seems to have taken care of that, too.
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This girl had a problem. She devised a solution. She planned how to implement that solution. And then she put the plan to action, quite successfully, it seems (hardly the norm for suicide attempts).
Geez, sounds like you're almost talking about a suicide bomber.
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So far I haven't heard of a suicide bomber who would actually have "solved" any problem by his or her actions. All those people manage to do is perpetuate the conflict they are in.
This little girl seems to have set a humbler and more personal goal, and seems to have met it admirably, with the minimum of fuss. I just wonder if she wasn't a little bit proud towards the end? Actually, I hope so. I'd hate my last thought to be one of regret.
Their problem: People of a different religion are in the Holy Land What they want to do: Remove people of a different religion from the Holy Land What they do: Kill people of a different religion The result: Less people in the Holy Land who belong to a different religion
It all makes sense if you look at it from a different perspective. Sure its not the "majority" perspective, its not even the average Islamic perspective....but if you are a part of that belief system, then the logic is sound.
Even peace wouldn't solve anything for them because there would still be the belief that "infidels infesting are the Holy Land" or some such.
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Yes, getting hit by a rifle round in the back of my head from a stray shot a mile away, whilst going on an autumn stroll through the park the day after my 80th birthday, that's a way to die!
Or, of course, in my bed, surrounded by family, also about 80-ish. Though not with the family carrying silver crucifixes and stakes, mind you.
And having your nuts bitten off by a Lapplander, that's a way to die!!! (had to)
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"I remember a time where the pressure from my family to succeed at all costs drove me to jump off a building's roof."
Erm... I take it that it wasn't a very tall building? Considering that you're still here, and not a skeleton in a grave somewhere w/ extra joints...
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Maybe he was rebuilt as some kind of half man, half electric turtle? And now he fights crime.
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GLAAD would be pleased. The world needs more role models, after all.
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But Turtles most importantly. The only role model Turles that have ever existed are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles and Franklin. Franklin wasn't much of a hero as he seemed to get lost in a cave every day. Or maybe he never got out. Turtles are slow, you know.
The Ninja Turtles served no other purpose than to Champion America's new and apparently quite popular movement of Obesity. It's a wonder this nation is in trouble when the children of yesteryear were exposed to Crime Fighting Green Machines who ate upwards of 7800 calorie diets consisting solely of Pizza. And while the Turtles may have had enough of an excercise regimen to burn such excesses, children do not. I was not, despite my best efforts, a ninja when I was 6.
It's too bad that the legacy was something far less "heart attack causing", such as the word "Tubular". The world would be a skinnier, and more radical place to live.
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And the fact that Shredder (who was one of the only cartoon villians who was even half way competent) was voiced by Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air makes him as good as Dolph in my world-view. And my world-view is correct.
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: And the fact that Shredder (who was one of the only cartoon villians who was even half way competent) was voiced by Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air
That was hands down the coolest thing I learned today. Liam makes the world's supply of puppies quite unneccessary.
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Incidentally, are Europeans afraid of Ninjas? During my short living tenure in the country that spawned both World Wars, I was only able to watch the "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles". Now, from what I do know, europeans are indeed a sensitive lot, but Ninja seems not to be as offensive as, say, calling the queen a whore and showing her boobies, which the Sun is oft proud to do. So what, my Brittonish friends, the "fuck"?.
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