02-12-2009, 12:31 PM
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Will this be one of those "incidents" that isn't reported by the media (like jumpers)?
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02-12-2009, 12:33 PM
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#22
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Flames Town
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wow...there are some sick people out there, at least he aint cold anymore
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02-12-2009, 12:33 PM
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#23
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BOSSY
Not saying it isn't true but if it was I'm sure that the news would be all over it... Not a thing that I have seen or heard... It's been an hour - I know media doesn't report suicides/attempts but this is not someone chugging a bottle of bleach...
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I bet they still won't report on it. Dramatic yes, but the media takes suicide very seriously.
edit: aaaaaand proven wrong below!
Last edited by Russic; 02-12-2009 at 01:10 PM.
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02-12-2009, 12:34 PM
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#24
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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http://www.calgaryherald.com/sets+se...597/story.html
The injuries are non-life threatening and police are investigating.
Calgary EMS arrived at 10 a.m.at the 100 block of 4th Avenue SE for reports a person had set himself on fire.
On arrival, Calgary paramedics began rapidly treating a 40 year old male patient for burns he sustained after he doused himself with a flammable liquid and then set himself on fire.
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02-12-2009, 12:34 PM
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#25
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Citybeat from the city website:
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CITYBEAT - CITY OF CALGARY PRESS RELEASE
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This morning at approximately 10:00 am, The City of Calgary
Emergency Medical Services attended to the 100 block of 4
avenue SE for reports a person had set himself on fire.
On arrival, Calgary paramedics began rapidly treating a 40
year old male patient for burns he sustained after he doused
himself with a flammable liquid and then set himself on fire.
He sustained second degree burns to 40% of his body including
his back, face, hands, and legs. Paramedics transported him
in serious but stable condition to the Foothills Hospital.
The circumstances surrounding this incident are under
investigation.
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02-12-2009, 12:56 PM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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02-12-2009, 01:00 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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I have a hard time feeling sorry for someone who intentionally lights themself on fire, other than a bit of embarassment for them that they thought they'd be proving a point by doing so.
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02-12-2009, 01:06 PM
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#28
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Not the one...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDragon
I have a hard time feeling sorry for someone who intentionally lights themself on fire
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Really? I can't think of any more pitiful act.
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDragon
You know, I actually feel kind of bad for him. [GW Bush]
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Uh, ok.
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02-12-2009, 01:11 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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A fitting salute to Darwin, celebrating the day with a profound act of natural selection.
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02-12-2009, 01:12 PM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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I really hope this thread turns into a debate whether the suicidal deserve sympathy or not.
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02-12-2009, 01:13 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Hell
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oh man , i missed it, wish I was a witness
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02-12-2009, 01:13 PM
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We don't need no water let the mother f'er burn..................hopefully no one was signing that if they saw him..............yikes, i know that's in bad taste.
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02-12-2009, 01:14 PM
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#33
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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my guess, he lost his job and became extremely depressed.
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02-12-2009, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Russic
I really hope this thread turns into a debate whether the suicidal deserve sympathy or not.
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Hahaha....yeah....thats when things turn for the worst.
This isnt necessarily an issue regarding the suicidal though.
This guy wasn't just fed up and not going to take it anymore, he clearly had a point to make because there are countless better ways to check out with less pain and more privacy.
Self immolation in front of a building tells me that there has to be more to it.
Maybe he was getting audited....although, in my experience, people under audit are several times more likely to set their auditor ablaze than themselves.....its just a self-preservation to hate ratio thing....you know how it is.
There Russic...you see what you've made me do? Now the floodgates are open! Although I only used the word 'sympathy' once. 
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02-12-2009, 01:20 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: San Jose, California
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Dang. This takes global warming to a whole new level.
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02-12-2009, 01:33 PM
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#36
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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the passport lineup was terrible again?
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02-12-2009, 01:34 PM
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#37
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Maybe he can give Iggy some tips on catching fire.
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02-12-2009, 01:51 PM
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#38
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Retired
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
my guess, he lost his job and became extremely depressed.
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Nah, he was probably banned from posting here.
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02-12-2009, 02:06 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gozer
Really? I can't think of any more pitiful act.
Uh, ok.
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Feeling bad for and feeling sorry for are two completely different things (even if you were to exclude the fact I was trying to sound sarcastic in my GW post,) but thanks for trying to troll my posts, anyway.
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