file photo by Boyd Loving
Some Readers Not Sympathetic to Suicide by Train
Basically I think anyone who kills themselves by any method is selfish and doesn’t give a damn about who they hurt.
I was on a train that killed someone. Didn’t feel a thing.Any sympathy I would have had for someone who has lost hope to the point of ending it all, was erased by the inconsiderate and attention whoreish way in which they decided to do it.
And what’s the point? Nobody ever learns your name. Nobody cares. It just makes them three hours late for wherever they were going.
It sounds harsh as we are talking about someone’s life, but I agree this is a very rude way to end it all. First of all, the trama you cause the guy driving the train is terrible. Why do that to someone who has done nothing to you? And as Rob noted, you have now delayed people on that train and trains behind it for several hours — maybe you caused a mother or father to miss their kid’s birthday party, recital, sporting event, etc. You might even deprive a mother or father the rare chance to read a book to their kid on a night they happened to get out of work early enough. Suicide is never the right answer, but if you are going to do it, try a less self-centered approach — at least this way the world won’t say “good riddance” about the jack-a$$ who, for example, made me miss my baby’s first steps.
