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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: seeker_two on May 25, 2009, 08:56:48 AM
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May 24, 12:11 AM EDT
Passer-by pushes suicide jumper in south China
BEIJING (AP) -- Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand - and pushed him off the ledge.
Chen fell 26 feet (8 meters) onto a partially inflated emergency air cushion laid out by authorities and survived, suffering spine and elbow injuries, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday.
The passer-by, 66-year-old Lai Jiansheng, had been fed up with what he called Chen's "selfish activity," Xinhua said. Traffic around the Haizhu bridge in the city of Guangzhou had been backed up for five hours and police had cordoned off the area.
"I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interest," Lai was quoted as saying by Xinhua. "They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals."
Xinhua said Lai was "taken away by police" but did not elaborate.
A police officer who answered the telephone Saturday at a station close to the bridge confirmed the incident and said it was under investigation. He refused to give any other details and hung up.
According to Xinhua, Chen wanted to kill himself because he had accrued 2 million yuan ($290,000) in debt from a failed construction project.
On Thursday, he made his way to the Haizhu bridge, where 11 other people have tried to take their lives since April.
Lai volunteered to talk Chen down but was turned away by police, Xinhua said. Lai then broke through the cordon, climbed to where Chen sat, greeted him with a handshake, then pushed.
Photos in the Beijing Morning Post showed Lai, shoeless and in a T-shirt, saluting after Chen fell.
The paper said Lai was released on bail Friday but did not give any details. It said he had been on medication for "a mental illness" for decades and had been on his way to a hospital for his pills.
Chen was recovering in the hospital, Xinhua said.
© 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Not really sure how I'm thinking on this one....
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I like it.
It's being discussed in this thread: "You must not behave like this in public."
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The needs of the many stuck in traffic outweigh the needs of the one.
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I like it.
It's being discussed in this thread: "You must not behave like this in public."
Huh? It is?
I just checked that thread (again). It's about a guy in Russia shooting a "hooligan." I saw no mention of a guy in Chine pushing a potential suicide off a bridge.
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The pusher is probably a hero over there. Needs of the many and all.
Not quite sure how I feel about it... I get his sentiment, but that's pretty ruthless.
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Huh? It is?
I just checked that thread (again). It's about a guy in Russia shooting a "hooligan." I saw no mention of a guy in Chine pushing a potential suicide off a bridge.
You're right. Sorry 'bout that, I thought that was tbe thread. Now that I've looked around, I don't see it being discussed anywhere.
Must have been my imagination.
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You're right. Sorry 'bout that, I thought that was tbe thread. Now that I've looked around, I don't see it being discussed anywhere.
Must have been my imagination.
Does someone need a random whiz quiz?
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The passer-by, 66-year-old Lai Jiansheng, had been fed up with what he called Chen's "selfish activity," Xinhua said. Traffic around the Haizhu bridge in the city of Guangzhou had been backed up for five hours and police had cordoned off the area.
And Lai Jiansheng was EXACTLY right. People who commit suicide are extremely selfish. Especially those who create such a public spectacle.
He STOLE 5 hours of life from everyone sitting in traffic that night. It's Beijing, so let's say there were 100,000 people stuck in traffic.
That's 500,000 hours of life he stole from people for his selfish "suicide attempt." That's 57 YEARS. That's someone's life.
Simply because he stole a little from a lot of people doesn't make it right.
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You're right. Sorry 'bout that, I thought that was tbe thread. Now that I've looked around, I don't see it being discussed anywhere.
Must have been my imagination.
When I saw that news article, I immediately thought of the "you must not do this in public" thread, so you're not the only one that is comingling the two sentiments.
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A couple of further thoughts on the topic
a) The pusher was on his way to the hospital to pick up psychiatric meds, so maybe he wasn't 100% right anyway.
b) The pushee was only 26 feet off the ground, which suggests to me that there might be some truth to Lai's suggestion that... "They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals."...reminds me of the punchline of an old joke.... "I may be crazy, but I ain't stupid"
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Does someone need a random whiz quiz?
No, thanks, I haven't studied.
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The pusher is probably a hero over there. Needs of the many and all.
Not quite sure how I feel about it... I get his sentiment, but that's pretty ruthless.
More like...
Pragmatic I'd say.
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That's 500,000 hours of life he stole from people for his selfish "suicide attempt." That's 57 YEARS. That's someone's life.
Simply because he stole a little from a lot of people doesn't make it right.
I feel the same about lazy road crews.
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Eh, guys?
This Chen person fell eight and a half meters. He did not die.
It's hardly the most inhuman story in the world, considering the other horrible stuff that we see posted on APS.
Let me demonstrate:
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffuturesteve.files.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fzardoz13.jpg&hash=06d33595a9504f4e8060ba3e105af3af8c0d0727)
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Why isn't there a link to the story?
D:<
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Why isn't there a link to the story?
D:<
Because I'm not gonna spoon-feed you everything....get your hands out of the Chee-Tos and Google it yourself.....
...or look it up on Yahoo News, 'cause that's where I found it....I think.....
=D