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After Celebrity Deaths, Suicide Hotline Calls Jump 25%
https://www.wsj.com ^ | 6/10/18 | Lara Korte

Posted on 06/10/2018 1:23:16 PM PDT by BBell

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To: Trillian

They looked at you odd because they were questioning themselves where their indoctrination went wrong with you. A girl and I always got a lot of odd looks. We were rebels I guess.


21 posted on 06/10/2018 2:21:22 PM PDT by BBell (not drinking, just a smart a$$)
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To: fwdude

I agree.

My brother, a recently converted Catholic, has spent his life amassing money. I always told him money was an artificial construct, it’s starting to dawn on him that money isn’t everything.


22 posted on 06/10/2018 2:22:33 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: fwdude

One could fathom seeking suicide if living in constant, unrelenting physical chronic pain but zero excuses for rich, healthy celebrity’s experiencing a little temporary emotional pain. No God = no hope: a recipe for leftist losers no matter fame and wealth.


23 posted on 06/10/2018 2:23:25 PM PDT by tflabo (Varmints)
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To: BBell

A friend said to me “Suicide isn’t the answer”.

I responded “It can be”

Confused, he asked “When?”

I asked “What is it called when you kill yourself?”........


24 posted on 06/10/2018 2:28:48 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: Rurudyne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rOiW_xY-kc&app=desktop


25 posted on 06/10/2018 2:30:40 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: txnativegop

Our prayers for those seeking suicide is not that they end their lives but rather end the unbelief and rejection of God. The Lord gives abundant life to those who seek and embrace Him.


26 posted on 06/10/2018 2:31:31 PM PDT by tflabo (Varmints)
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To: BBell

Some of the calls are in support of celebrity suicides.


27 posted on 06/10/2018 2:31:42 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (MSM is our greatest threat. Disney, Comcast, Google Hollywood, NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC ...)
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To: tflabo

God gave these misguided people free will, how they use that will is their choice.


28 posted on 06/10/2018 2:33:52 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: BBell
As someone who was clinically dead (for a few seconds anyway) and has nearly died twice, I know that life is a precious gift. It's not something to be given up for trivial reasons. I fought too hard to have anyone besides God take it from me.

I understand that mental illness overtakes some in a massive wave that overtakes their emotional faculties. I can also accept the idea of killing yourself in battle if you know that you could betray your comrades while under torture.

However, suicide is usually the permanent solution to a temporary problem at best. At worst (especially if you believe in the God of the Bible), suicide is only the beginning of your problems.

29 posted on 06/10/2018 2:38:15 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: musicman


LOLOLOLOLOL


30 posted on 06/10/2018 2:40:20 PM PDT by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WIINNING WAY)
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To: Neoliberalnot

We can only hope.


31 posted on 06/10/2018 2:52:21 PM PDT by BBell (not drinking, just a smart a$$)
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To: Az Joe
I agree. Suicide (unless it's by somebody who is severely out of touch with reality, as in, a hallucinating schizophrenic who doesn't know what he's doing) --- is a horribly selfish and aggressive act.

Emotionally, it injects a potent dose of lasting bitterness, pain and madness into everybody who ever loved you or cared for you or needed you. Spiritually, if fully intentional, it merits hell.

These suicides who abandon their dependent children are doing something really despicable.

Nevertheless, I pray: Lord, have mercy.

32 posted on 06/10/2018 3:18:32 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Do the right thing.)
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To: BBell

I NEVER heard of the guy and the media is all afire with the news of this *tragedy*.

Well, I know someone who recently committed suicide and not a peep out of the papers at all about it.

It’s not more tragic because it happens to someone popular or allegedly well known.


33 posted on 06/10/2018 4:20:01 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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