Iris Chang Suicide? Not So Fast..Officials Should be More Responsible (race card thrown)

Mullenax News Wire ^ | 11/10-11/17 issue | Rob Tong

[gopwinsin04]

Iris Chang, the Chinese American historical author, was found dead Wednesday, November 10 2004. The initial assessment was that she committed suicide in her car.

A best selling and critically acclaimed author whose sole literary desire is to prevent Chinese history from being rewritten or forgotten would somehow find life too meaningless or difficult to continue living and thus mysteriously kill herself?

C'mon. I've heard more plausible explanations on reruns of the 1980's cop drama 'Hunter.' Or the film 'The Whole Nine Yards' for that matter.

I'ts more believeable to say that Chang was found trying out for the Zimbabwe football team.

How about this: Someone who despises the material Chang has been releasing wants her dead. They kidnap her, take her to an isolated spot near a small town, shot her, put the gun in her hand to give the impression of suicide and leave the scene.

Yet Bay area officials hastily made a ill-advised judgement, one that didn't even make sense. Conspiracy theorists are now free to argue that white officials dont care for minorities.

So when minorities die, (even celebrities) they try to sweep it away as quitely under the rug as they can.

If officials want to spare themselves any unfair criticism, they should be more prudent in their deliberations and decision making, lest they leave themselves open to second guessing and motive guessing.

[azhenfud]

Arkancide

[Revolting cat!]

It's a senseless loss and some idiot has to be first to put on a tin foil hat. What else is new? What took him so long?

Beyond that, do we want our historians to pursue personal missions that can drive them to emotional problems and suicide or on the other end giddiness? I for one don't care much for that kind of history, but it seems to be the only kind celebrated nowadays. Gimme Paul Johnson any day...

[sionnsar]

Anything about the small town of Los Gatos that might tell us about a possible Japanese suspect?

Los Gatos isn't that small... nor that isolated.

[gopwinsin04]

Perhaps we'll get some more clues when The Bataan Death March book is published.

[Revolting cat!]

Better focus on the anti-depressant medications she was prescribed. They've killed scores of people (by driving them to suicide), singer Del Shannon among them.

[gopwinsin04]

That's why I would never take them even if prescribed by a doctor. There are some health food store natural alternatives..

[EggsAckley]

The writer is not familiar with the locale where her car was found. It is NOT an "isolated spot" near a small town. Had someone "taken" her there, it would not have been totally inconspicuous.

I sympathize with his frustration, but I think he's projecting a lot in this tragedy.

[gopwinsin04]

Could be a way of dealing with his own sorrow, true.

[skeeter]

For example, with such a premature judgement of suicide as the initial assessment of Chang's death, conspiracy theorists are free to argue that white officials don't care for minorities.

I'd like to see the author's evidence that it was white officials that made the premature judgment.

After all, the local media constantly heralds the diversity of the Bay Area.

[gopwinsin04]

Correct, this is the Bezerkley area after all..

[happygrl]

bttt

[Jack Black]

I knew a young woman who swore by witch hazel. She was combating depression brought on by a car accident that left her badly scared (facial scars). She had been an aspiring model.