[Prodigal Son]

In effect they did not jump. They were pushed. Homicide.

That's from the article. I see it the same way you do and even after re-reading it, I couldn't find anything in the article to complain about. It is overwhelmingly obvious he is saying they were murdered- it's almost as if the author is wanting to remind us not to start slipping up and thinking of them as suicides- because they weren't, they were killed. Perhaps he overheard an aquaintance call them suicides and after straightening them out on the spot he decided to write an article reminding people that those individuals on 9/11 didn't commit suicide.

Some people I think are just really charged up in a forum like this to find fault with an article and they do so after the first two sentences and ignore what the writer is trying to really say... Just my humble opinion.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Perhaps he overheard an aquaintance call them suicides and after straightening them out on the spot he decided to write an article reminding people that those individuals on 9/11 didn't commit suicide.

Good point. The writer made me admire some of the vicims in fact. It was well written, and well thought out. The problem is, this is a highly emotional memory, and some people are going to snap when they are reminded of it. That is why I like to focus on the enemy. Wasted energy to bite the heads off your own side, like the critics of this article.

But like I said, everyone has buttons that make them go haywire. Not surprising that this is one of them.

Sad Freegards....

[attagirl]

Well, you know, the guy I answered wasn't the only one who saw it that way. Yes, people do go off half-cocked (reading comprehension problems?), but I think maybe in this case the guy is very contemptuous of someone seeing a decision to jump as a suicide and as a thing which is taboo. Because he was very emotional about the whole thing, I think there is something else going on. Well, we'll never know, but thanks for writing.