Solomons Bridge Jumper

[sockgirl77]

Back to the subject of the thread...

I remember growing up many decades ago in our little coal mining town and we had this old man, town drunk that everyone disliked and verbally made their feelings public. He got drunk before most of us awoke in the morning, he would curse and yell at people that tried to criticize him. I found him sleeping in our front yard ditch with alcohol bottles all over many times, among other nasty things I won't mention. He would stagger from bar to bar screaming "home, home on the range" and sometimes walking into traffic and nearly causing accidents. Well, he passed away one day. And no one showed up to his viewing at our small town funeral home, at least no one that I knew. I was in my early teens.

His name was Kenny Snyder and a WWII veteran who earned various medals of honor and the purple heart for his bravery. My understanding is the alcohol was his excape from the reality of society... people are cruel. many are evil he told me. But they are mostly hypocrits who think their own sh!t don't stankl and they attend church on sunday believing their week day sins are forgiven like good little citizens. But they will throw anyone under the bus who doesn't conform to their self-righteous ways.

just sayin'!

So the people were to blame because they discussed his nasty actions? Am I right by assuming that they were perverted actions? People talk, it's what they do. While I most definitely have sympathy for vets, their vet status does NOT excuse them from breaking the law.

 

[Pyrotech]

Past tense being the key. There's NOTHING that we could have done for this man.

Now, if you're talking about being able to prevent it...Should we follow people who look suicidal to the top of the bridge and hop out of our cars to ask if they need to talk?

Not what Im getting at. Nowhere near it. Knowling that, again, why trash talk something folks dont seem to comprehend? Its tragic, and I cant imagine being in that position. Yet people whine about how inconvenienced they were, at least you all got to finish your precious drive to work afterwards, eh? How horrible it all must be to arrive a tad late to the grindstone while this persons life was cut short (most likely anyway). I dont suppose ill ever understand how some people think. Oh, the humanity...

 

[kinmd]

Or call to Jesus, then he can trot out in the water and pull that guy out, you know the whole super hero thing

 

[DooDoo1402]

Ya saved me from Saddam and his WMD's

Yep, and a liberal pussy at that.

Pretty honest one at that! he forgot to mention the oil and the world full of hating muslim groups we created.

Lastly, has anyone read the sign to you? "Don't feed the fish"

 

[aps45819]

Or perhaps folks could be slightly more compassionate and stop worrying about their own inconveniences and at least lend a kind word or two to someone who obviously needed it to the point of no longer thinking about consequences. Perhaps this person lost a child in a horrible accident? Perhaps theyve lost everything? Maybe a drunk driver killed their entire family? If one doesnt know, why bad mouth this person at all?

They did think about the consequences.
That's why they offed themselves on the bridge during rush hour.

I feel sympathy for a person who kills themselves but not much for a person who grandstands their demise

 

[DooDoo1402]

So the people were to blame because they discussed his nasty actions? Am I right by assuming that they were perverted actions? People talk, it's what they do. While I most definitely have sympathy for vets, their vet status does NOT excuse them from breaking the law.

Ummm... now where is that "Whoooosh" button at?

 

[warneckutz]

So the military rejected you? Didn't apply? What a pussy you are.

Nh?

 

[DooDoo1402]

They did think about the consequences.
That's why they offed themselves on the bridge during rush hour.

I feel sympathy for a person who kills themselves but not much for a person who grandstands their demise

Yeah, grandstand! heck, everyone should just crawl under a rock and die! Right bozo? You're parents must be very disappointed.

 

[nomoney]

Ummm... now where is that "Whoooosh" button at?

It's right here in the smiley section. I don't know why you idiots have such a hard time finding it.

 

[kinmd]

No I'll watch wars from my living room couch. much like Bush and Cheney

 

[Pyrotech]

They did think about the consequences.
That's why they offed themselves on the bridge during rush hour.

I feel sympathy for a person who kills themselves but not much for a person who grandstands their demise

Im sure hes sorry now that his lack of sense of timing punished so many people...

I cant honestly say that was their intent, and neither can you.

 

[warneckutz]

How'd this turn political?

Unless barack bin laden was the one to jump then no point in getting excited.

 

[MMDad]

No I'll watch wars from my living room couch. much like Obama and Biden.

 

[DooDoo1402]

No I'll watch wars from my living room couch. much like Bush and Cheney

And I'll fight in my Black Ops II PS3 game... online! while sitting in my leather recliner. You should see me spread the Doo Doo... lol.

 

[MMDad]

They did think about the consequences.
That's why they offed themselves on the bridge during rush hour.

I feel sympathy for a person who kills themselves but not much for a person who grandstands their demise

What makes you say that? Is 6:30 really still "rush hour?" Since the base pretty much empties between 4 and 5 I can't really call 6:30 "rush hour."

He was Southbound, not Northbound, so he left the "rush hour" traffic a clear path.

A lot of people where surprised, or even upset, that the cops would shut down the bridge rather than just remove the car immediately. Why do you think that this guy didn't assume the same thing?

The bridge was closed for less than an hour, after rush hour. This isn't like the guy that shut down the beltway for four hours while he tried to decide if he should jump.

He didn't make a mess and his family didn't have to find his body hanging in a closet. Sounds somewhat considerate to me.

The guy has already paid the ultimate price. Why this constant need to bash him when nobody knows the first thing about it? It's not like people waited to find out any facts, they just jumped right into this self centered "how DARE you tie up traffic! How dare you inconvenience me with your petty little mental illness! How dare you refuse to be a strong, emotionless, unfeeling, heartless bitch like me!" "

 

[sockgirl77]

What makes you say that? Is 6:30 really still "rush hour?" Since the base pretty much empties between 4 and 5 I can't really call 6:30 "rush hour."

He was Southbound, not Northbound, so he left the "rush hour" traffic a clear path.

A lot of people where surprised, or even upset, that the cops would shut down the bridge rather than just remove the car immediately. Why do you think that this guy didn't assume the same thing?

The bridge was closed for less than an hour, after rush hour. This isn't like the guy that shut down the beltway for four hours while he tried to decide if he should jump.

He didn't make a mess and his family didn't have to find his body hanging in a closet. Sounds somewhat considerate to me.

The guy has already paid the ultimate price. Why this constant need to bash him when nobody knows the first thing about it? It's not like people waited to find out any facts, they just jumped right into this self centered "how DARE you tie up traffic! How dare you inconvenience me with your petty little mental illness! How dare you refuse to be a strong, emotionless, unfeeling, heartless bitch like me!" "

Actually, they close both sides of the bridge down during these incidents. I'm not trying to be a heartless bitch, just doing a little clarifying.

 

[MMDad]

Actually, they close both sides of the bridge down during these incidents. I'm not trying to be a heartless bitch, just doing a little clarifying.

I know they do. But many people were surprised and even angry that they did. Look at earlier posts about there not being a crime scene, just an empty car. If "normal" people assume that the bridge wouldn't be closed for this, why can't we consider that this guy might have thought the same thing?

 

[sockgirl77]

I know they do. But many people were surprised and even angry that they did. Look at earlier posts about there not being a crime scene, just an empty car. If "normal" people assume that the bridge wouldn't be closed for this, why can't we consider that this guy might have thought the same thing?

I really do not want to get into this argument. I really think that it's fair to assume that everyone knows that a bridge will be shutdown if there's a jumper. If they do not, then that's their ignorance. To me, that's just common sense.

 

[MMDad]

I really do not want to get into this argument. I really think that it's fair to assume that everyone knows that a bridge will be shutdown if there's a jumper. If they do not, then that's their ignorance. To me, that's just common sense.

Not an argument, but you have a different perspective because you were a "reporter" for a "major news agency." A lot of people don't know how things work if they've never experienced it first hand.

 

[sockgirl77]

Not an argument, but you have a different perspective because you were a "reporter" for a "major news agency." A lot of people don't know how things work if they've never experienced it first hand.

I was never a reporter and I'm about the highlighted text. But, I get what you're saying.