Freeper Obit. TrappedInLiberalHell

12-12-03 | EA

[EggsAckley]

I'm sorry to have to report that one of our own Freepers, TrappedInLiberalHell, has passed away. His profile is HERE

I met Chris this past summer and found him to be a brilliant young man, who unfortunately carried around a lot of painful psychological troubles. He wrote few posts here, but was an active and clever noter, and a very sweet young man.

R.I.P., Chris van Loon
b. 3/2/72, d. 12/9/03

[hispanarepublicana]

You're right. Hard is an understatement. TLH replied to a smart-ass "jobs from hell" posting of mine and matched my fun, light-hearted, tone. How could I know that the witty additions to my list were made by someone in so much pain?

[adam_az]

RIP Chris!

I will miss your keen wit and insightful posts.

[Dysart]

I rarely feel compelled to post,although I spend a a great deal of time on FR. I always found TILH's posts sharp and thoughtful. I had no idea he was around my age until today.(for some reason I assume everyone but me here is an AARP member) Way too young to go, but I appreciate his contributions here,and he'll be missed.

[proud American in Canada]

"Our kind words for Chris surprised her in a very positive way."

I'm glad.

[xzins]

May the road rise up to meet ye...

In the sweet bye and bye

[alisasny]

WOW, amazing post and sadly I doubt he shared those sentiments that way with his daily contacts : (

Tragic : (

[armymarinemom]

Prayers for his family. So sad.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Oh my G-d, this so unspeakably tragic. My prayers and condolences to his family and friends. He'll truly be missed. :(

[Bikers4Bush]

Way, way too young. RIP.

[proud American in Canada]

Thank you for posting that thread, seamole.

#25 is very hard to read.

"who truly are not missed by anyone." That's not the case with you, Chris.

ping to those of you who chatted with him on that thread.

Now I am crying... when my husband gets home I'm going to go upstairs and pray for TILH.

[Constitution Day]

That was wrenching, but thanks for posting it.

For me it brought back terrible memories of my high school friend Danny, who killed himself the first weekend he was supposed to come home from college.

[proud American in Canada]

"sadly I doubt he shared those sentiments that way with his daily contacts."

Isn't that the sadly ironic thing? It's easy to bare your soul on the Internet for some reason... but the people you talk with are anonymous, for the most part, and cannot help you, really.

[Lando Lincoln]

I remember many of his posts. Always gracious, thoughtful and at times, witty. This is so sad. If you read some of his recent posts, as summarized by Sabertooth, you can hear echos of melancholy. How truly upsetting. May God smile upon his soul and his family.

Lando

[Myrddin]

Terrible news. Chris was a very witty contributor to this forum. I happened upon another of his posts that might shed some light on his experiences.

My condolences to his wife. My family is riding a daily emotional roller coaster as my dad is in the ICU at Balboa Naval Hospital.

[alisasny]

Prayers to you and your family and to your fathers health. I hope the best for all of you and keep us posted.

[Timesink]

"who truly are not missed by anyone."

Unfortunately, he was absolutely 100% on target with that post. Many depressed people receive nothing but total ostracism from society.

[petuniasevan]

I'm very sorry to hear this.

RIP Chris.

[The_Victor]

I remember his posts, and always enjoyed threads that he was involved in. I'll add his and his family's name to the prayer list at church, and to my own prayer list.

Too sad for words.

[4mycountry]

That's so terrible. He'll be well remembered.

[dakine]

I found myself chuckling more then once at his posts, I remember checking out his profile about tomatoes..

So young...