A Rant

[Alffe]

I found myself talking back to the radio this morning....the suicide attempt by the football player is all over the news and a lot of stupidity is showing.

"at 32, he's old enough to know better" she said....accccccckkkkkkkkkkkk

"What on earth could he have been thinking..he is famous" Ackkkk

"do you suppose it was a serious attempt?" Accccckkkk

I scared poor Cooper yelling at the radio!

[jingle]

If this poor guy is well known this miserable c**p will be repeated and repeated and printed so he will see it. accccccckkkkkkkkkkkk

[KathyM]

Allfe

I hear ya - I'll bet your radio is drenched in spit. I saw it on TV - my eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. Like this ...

Yeah, he's famous - that's why the media has to highlight every detail of his personal life and criticize everything he does. Gee, I wonder how the average person would feel to have everyone watching and waiting for them to stumble in life.

I wonder how the average person would feel if they were able to get a job performing their favorite activity - but had to stand on a pedestal and pretend to be a role model for the entire country in order to participate in his/her favorite activity?

I wonder if too much stress and pressure to be something you're not can lead to attempted suicide. NAH.

He's a football player. Why do we need to know about his personal life? If it was an attempt at suicide and he wanted us to know something, he would have left us a note. If his family wants us to know something, they can hold their own press conference whenever they like.

What bothers me is the way they label suicide a "criminal offense." Sure, it's HORRIBLE. But calling it a "criminal offense" could discourage people contemplating suicide from seeking help.

[Curious]

the whole reporting of this makes me sick. TO is a dallas cowboy. i live in dfw. the tv stationd keep breaking in. have they actually reported anything they know of a fact except that he was hospitalized? no. no confirmation that it was a suicide attempt. it was his pulicist who said he had been depressed. TO has a groin injury and hasn't been able to play.

the cowboys have had 1 news conference so far and another one is coming up. even coach parcell hasn't talked to TO. over and over he kept telling the reporters he didn't have the full story. what does one do after the news conference? he says that he doesn't believe the coach is telling the truth.

i looked up what some of the articles are saying. so far i haven't found one that has used this to even mention calling a suicide hotline. not using this as a means to educate.

i agree kathy....why do we need to know about his personal life? if he got hospitalized for hemroids i doubt they would be holding multiple news conferences.

[Alffe]

I have also wondered about the "criminal offense"...it is the only kind of death I know of where the police get to come out to your house and ask you a whole bunch of personal questions.

It's a lot later in the day and the man says he's fine...I'm glad for that.

[Alffe]

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