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Posted on 08/22/2014 8:30:42 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra
Rollins writes, “I am sure some will strongly disagree with what I’m about to say. And I also understand that his personal struggles were quite real. I can’t argue with that.”
He adds:
“But I simply cannot understand how any parent could kill themselves.”
“How in the hell could you possibly do that to your children?
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suicide is the selfish way out for cowards who cannot face their demons. Robin Williams had every opportunity to wage war against substance abuse and depression. he had the time and the miney to ger help and he couldnt do it. the rest of us face our problems every day and do our best. my father killed himself over stupid reasons, to this day i cannot forgive what he did to his wife and children.
That is all so true. But... That is also a rational thought which is very difficult for those struggling with depression who are not able to think rationally like you and I.
I find it very difficutlt to apply ratoinal thought to an irrational situation. I can only hope that Robin Williams had the peace of the Lord and that mercy is shown to someone who may have been in situation where they may not have been accountable for the actions taken.
Let God judge between Rollins and Williams when the time comes.
I couldn’t stand even looking at Robin Williams. I saw him as a twisted, troubled, tormented soul. I will never forget seeing a performance for The Prince’s (Charles) Trust. It was such a hateful, vitriolic attack on then Pres. Bush Sr. So inappropriate for the event and in a foreign country. Not just criticism but twisted and almost demonic.
He was a very unhealthy person and only a very unhealthy society could have made him such a star.
Robin Williams and God will sort it out for Robin Williams however, I agree with the author. I also feel pity for RW and his family, it is a sad situation.
BUT just because RW is a celebrity nobody says what he did was wrong. And it was wrong. IMHO.
Life is so very special. ITs not easy for any of us. Imagine being born in a more brutal place as we have seen around the world.
Robin, like me, was so lucky to be born in America.
We are on the same page out of the set of 66 books.
Well said. I am a first responder in a small <7000 community.
Suicide by fathers is rare but makes you shake your head. Two cases I recall were both by carbon monoxide in closed garages. In one case the father lost his job and committed suicide one week before his daughters wedding. The other still makes me furious. a Dentist with five kids does it by running a car in an attached garage while his wife and kids were sleeping in the house. The children were all ill and hospitalized but survived.
The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarter's Expenses?
You've been existing fairly comfortably in the bosom of Hollywood for a couple of decades now; towing the lefty line on plenty of issues....will be interesting to see if it continues from here.
I think we invest entertainers with too much importance.
His words are no different than what you will read in any suicide prevention book.
Henry Rollins is correct.
He may be a leftie politically, but he has always had his own opinions on issues like suicide and mental illness. This is nothing new from him. He gets a lot of correspondence from mentally disturbed people and actually answers them all, trying to do what he can to help people.
Clinical Depression renders a person unable to weigh the facts correctly. Everything looks and feels so much worse than it really is, and it’s all because of how much/little of the right chemicals are getting into your brain cells. I wouldn’t call death by depression a suicide, necessarily. It’s an effect of a serious disease.
However, those who decide to die because they are of the opinion that a life that involves being less than they were at their prime is not worth living.... that’s murder. Those terminally ill people who aren’t crippled by depression, but just “don’t want to be seen this way” are just being selfish.
But God sorts it out. He knows the mental state of the dying person.
There was a list awhile back on the "coolest" people through recent history.
Hemingway was on the list. Sorry, suicide automatically precludes one from being considered "cool".
I suspect Rollins would love it if Sarah Palin killed herself.
“I think we invest entertainers with too much importance.”
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I agree and never even heard of Henry Rollins until this post. What he says is not of any importance——unless it’s show business related.
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