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euphonious
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 Posted: 11/06/04 - 22:12 Post subject: Man kills himself over Bush's re-election
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137837,00.html
| Quote: | NEW YORK — A 25-year-old university worker from Georgia shot and killed himself at ground zero (search) Saturday morning, authorities said.
The man, Andrew Veal (search), of Athens, Ga., was found atop the structure housing the 1 and 9 subway lines after a hotel worker spotted what he believed was somebody sleeping inside the site around 8 a.m., said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. A shotgun was found near the body, Coleman said. No suicide note was found, he said.
Veal apparently was distraught over President Bush's (search) re-election, Newsday reported Saturday on its Web site edition, citing an unnamed police source. The newspaper also said the man was a registered Democrat who opposed the war in Iraq.
Coleman said he could not confirm Newsday's account.
Police were investigating how Veal entered the former World Trade Center (search) site, which is protected by high fences and owned by the Port Authority.
Veal worked in a computer lab at the University of Georgia and was planning to marry, friends said Saturday. |
Maybe Megalo went Force Recon on himself?
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Rennol
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Posted: 11/06/04 - 22:18 Post subject:
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That's not very funny
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Someone
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Posted: 11/07/04 - 01:38 Post subject:
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Spitulski
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Posted: 11/07/04 - 02:13 Post subject:
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Sunday, bloody Sunday.
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Yabden
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Posted: 11/07/04 - 03:52 Post subject:
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thinning the herd
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NickPSH
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Posted: 11/07/04 - 03:52 Post subject:
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ahh I can't take all this death, I better kill myself.
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turnball
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Posted: 11/07/04 - 05:28 Post subject:
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yes you better!
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Scrabler
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Posted: 11/07/04 - 08:42 Post subject:
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Maybe more will follow him..a black hoodie liberal mass suicide would be cool.
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kbarr
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Joined: 05 Oct 2004
Posts: 11239
Location: New York, now go fuck off...
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Posted: 11/07/04 - 08:56 Post subject:
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| Rennol wrote: | | That's not very funny |
HAHA!
One less scumbag!
BUSH WON!
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Tamrissa
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Posted: 11/07/04 - 11:17 Post subject:
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no suicide note found... assumptions suck.
holliday seasons a comin tis the season to be depressed... there could have been a million an one reasons he offed himself.
until its proved that it was over the election (via journal or note in his home or something of the sort) ill regaurd it as newspaper crap.
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Silvermouse
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Posted: 11/07/04 - 14:13 Post subject:
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| Scrabler wrote: | | Maybe more will follow him..a black hoodie liberal mass suicide would be cool. |
No. It would be a disturbing sign.
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goatface
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Posted: 11/07/04 - 14:25 Post subject:
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| Silvermouse wrote: | | Scrabler wrote: | | Maybe more will follow him..a black hoodie liberal mass suicide would be cool. |
No. It would be a disturbing sign. |
if it is true, i would not really be suprised
wouldn't be shocked if more happen either
after months of non stop media reports aboutt how bad the US
is and crap, it has to have depressed alot of people.
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kbarr
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Location: New York, now go fuck off...
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Posted: 11/07/04 - 14:50 Post subject:
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| goatface wrote: | | Silvermouse wrote: | | Scrabler wrote: | | Maybe more will follow him..a black hoodie liberal mass suicide would be cool. |
No. It would be a disturbing sign. |
if it is true, i would not really be suprised
wouldn't be shocked if more happen either
after months of non stop media reports aboutt how bad the US
is and crap, it has to have depressed alot of people. |
More MORE!
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Scrabler
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 00:24 Post subject:
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Somewhat related..
| Quote: | Anti-nuclear protester killed by waste train
Sun Nov 7, 4:26 PM ET World - AFP
STRASBOURG, France (AFP) - An anti-nuclear protester died in northeastern France after being run over by a train carrying nuclear waste from France to Germany, regional authorities said.
AFP/DDP Photo
The 21-year-old man, who had chained himself to the railway near the city of Nancy, lost a leg after he was crushed by the train and died despite receiving emergency treatment at the scene.
The authorities said the accident happened in the early afternoon in the town of Avricourt after a group of eight people gathered near the main Paris to Strasbourg line, on which the nuclear transport train was travelling.
"After coming out of a corner at reduced speed, the train was apparently confronted with the group, which moved out of the way with the exception of one person, who was hit," a police statement said.
"Despite the arrival of the emergency services at the scene, the young man died of his injuries," the statement said.
The police did not reveal the man's identity, but said he was aged 21, was "probably" from the Meuse region in eastern France and was part of a group of activists.
Nancy state prosecutor Michel Senthille said that one of the man's legs had been cut off in the incident, contradicting an earlier statement by the regional authorities who had said that both the man's legs had been sectioned.
Earlier the train, which was carrying treated nuclear waste from the French plant at La Hague to Gorleben in northern Germany, was delayed for two hours near Nancy as police removed two protestors who had also chained themselves to the railway lines.
Senthille said that the man who died was not thought to have had links with this group.
The train, which left the retreatment plant at La Hague on Saturday evening, crossed on to German soil at 8:35 pm (1935GMT) Sunday, almost exactly 24 hours later.
It carries 12 containers of spent fuel and is the seventh such consignment to be sent back to Germany since 1996.
A member of protest group Nuclear Out, Gilbert Poirot, said about a dozen protesters had been involved, all of them French nationals.
"It appears that the demonstrators had not put in place safety measures destined to warn the convoy of their presence," he said.
The German Greens Party, which forms part of the German governing coalition, said it was stunned by the death of the demonstrator.
"We deeply regret this tragic death," a spokesman said, adding that he expected a thorough investigation be carried out into the incident.
It called on demonstrators not to risk their lives, an appeal echoed by another anti-nuclear group.
At Hitzacker, 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Gorleben, several hundred people gathered with candles and lanterns in a spontaneous tribute to the dead man.
A spokesman from French nuclear energy firm COGEMA, which manages La Hague nuclear plant said the incident was "a tragedy" and that officials organising the convoy had been "extremely shocked".
On Saturday thousands of anti-nuclear protestors had gathered in northern Germany to protest at the imminent arrival of the shipment.
After demonstrating in Danneberg market square on Saturday, protestors gathered at the railway station and also temporarily blocked the tracks to be used by the train.
From Dannenberg the consignment will be taken by road to Gorleben.
Anti-nuclear and environmental campaigners say the shipments are dangerous and that the waste will contaminate the water table at Gorleben.
Germany, which has no treatment facilities of its own, sends spent fuel rods for reprocessing at the La Hague plant before they are returned here for storage. |
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euphonious
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 01:24 Post subject:
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| Scrabler wrote: | Somewhat related..
| Quote: | Anti-nuclear protester killed by waste train
Sun Nov 7, 4:26 PM ET World - AFP
STRASBOURG, France (AFP) - An anti-nuclear protester died in northeastern France after being run over by a train carrying nuclear waste from France to Germany, regional authorities said.
AFP/DDP Photo
The 21-year-old man, who had chained himself to the railway near the city of Nancy, lost a leg after he was crushed by the train and died despite receiving emergency treatment at the scene.
The authorities said the accident happened in the early afternoon in the town of Avricourt after a group of eight people gathered near the main Paris to Strasbourg line, on which the nuclear transport train was travelling.
"After coming out of a corner at reduced speed, the train was apparently confronted with the group, which moved out of the way with the exception of one person, who was hit," a police statement said.
"Despite the arrival of the emergency services at the scene, the young man died of his injuries," the statement said.
The police did not reveal the man's identity, but said he was aged 21, was "probably" from the Meuse region in eastern France and was part of a group of activists.
Nancy state prosecutor Michel Senthille said that one of the man's legs had been cut off in the incident, contradicting an earlier statement by the regional authorities who had said that both the man's legs had been sectioned.
Earlier the train, which was carrying treated nuclear waste from the French plant at La Hague to Gorleben in northern Germany, was delayed for two hours near Nancy as police removed two protestors who had also chained themselves to the railway lines.
Senthille said that the man who died was not thought to have had links with this group.
The train, which left the retreatment plant at La Hague on Saturday evening, crossed on to German soil at 8:35 pm (1935GMT) Sunday, almost exactly 24 hours later.
It carries 12 containers of spent fuel and is the seventh such consignment to be sent back to Germany since 1996.
A member of protest group Nuclear Out, Gilbert Poirot, said about a dozen protesters had been involved, all of them French nationals.
"It appears that the demonstrators had not put in place safety measures destined to warn the convoy of their presence," he said.
The German Greens Party, which forms part of the German governing coalition, said it was stunned by the death of the demonstrator.
"We deeply regret this tragic death," a spokesman said, adding that he expected a thorough investigation be carried out into the incident.
It called on demonstrators not to risk their lives, an appeal echoed by another anti-nuclear group.
At Hitzacker, 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Gorleben, several hundred people gathered with candles and lanterns in a spontaneous tribute to the dead man.
A spokesman from French nuclear energy firm COGEMA, which manages La Hague nuclear plant said the incident was "a tragedy" and that officials organising the convoy had been "extremely shocked".
On Saturday thousands of anti-nuclear protestors had gathered in northern Germany to protest at the imminent arrival of the shipment.
After demonstrating in Danneberg market square on Saturday, protestors gathered at the railway station and also temporarily blocked the tracks to be used by the train.
From Dannenberg the consignment will be taken by road to Gorleben.
Anti-nuclear and environmental campaigners say the shipments are dangerous and that the waste will contaminate the water table at Gorleben.
Germany, which has no treatment facilities of its own, sends spent fuel rods for reprocessing at the La Hague plant before they are returned here for storage. |
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That whole "I want to be a martyr!" shit is getting old. I understand about willing to give your life for your beliefs but that was just stupid.
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ATM Banana
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 01:50 Post subject:
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well, ny isn't exactly bumfuck, bushville
It could mean many things. From a dramatic perspective this signals the end for opposition to republican.
suicide is a last resort used to give an enemy general far superior in strength a bittersweet victory.
I think this may only fan the flames and give any opposition reassurance that hell is better than trying to fight this bs.
Its very selfish because he rewarded himself with a little bit of recognition while placing an enormous amount of pain upon his family.
I respect the message, just not the means by which it was done.
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Silvermouse
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 01:55 Post subject:
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I blame violent video games for this tragedy.
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goatface
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 02:21 Post subject:
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| Silvermouse wrote: | | I blame violent video games for this tragedy. |
i blame unrealisticly happy sitcoms
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Fattguyy
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Joined: 09 Sep 2003
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 03:47 Post subject:
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Ooooh, you cannot reach me now
Ooooh, no matter how you try
Goodbye, cruel world, it's over
Walk on by.
Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall
Waiting for the worms to come.
In perfect isolation here behind my wall
Waiting for the worms to come.
We're {waiting to succeed} and going to convene outside Brixton
Town Hall where we're going to be...
Waiting to cut out the deadwood.
Waiting to clean up the city.
Waiting to follow the worms.
Waiting to put on a black shirt.
Waiting to weed out the weaklings.
Waiting to smash in their windows
And kick in their doors.
Waiting for the final solution
To strengthen the strain.
Waiting to follow the worms.
Waiting to turn on the showers
And fire the ovens.
Waiting for the queens and the coons
and the reds and the jews.
Waiting to follow the worms.
Would you like to see Britannia
Rule again, my friend?
All you have to do is follow the worms.
Would you like to send our colored cousins
Home again, my friend?
All you need to do is follow the worms.
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 04:02 Post subject:
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If you should go skating
On the thin ice of modern life
Dragging behind you the silent reproach
Of a million tear-stained eyes
Don't be surprised when a crack in the ice
Appears under your feet.
You slip out of your depth and out of your mind
With your fear flowing out behind you
As you claw the thin ice.
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Aluaeia
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 04:17 Post subject:
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I was spending my time in the doldrums
I was caught in a cauldron of hate
I felt persecuted and paralysed
I thought that everything else would just wait
While you are wasting your time on your enemies
Engulfed in a fever of spite
Beyond your tunnel vision reality fades
Like shadows into the night
To martyr yourself to caution
Is not going to help at all
Because there'll be no safety in numbers
When the Right One walks out of the door
Can you see your days blighted by darkness?
Is it true you beat your fists on the floor?
Stuck in a world of isolation
While the ivy grows over the door
So I open my door to my enemies
And I ask could we wipe the slate clean
But they tell me to please go f**k myself
You know you just can't win
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Vengar_OO
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 06:28 Post subject: -==-
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I got something to say
I killed your baby today
And it doesn’t matter much to me
As long as it’s dead
Well I got something to say
I raped your mother today
And it doesn’t matter much to me
As long as she spread
Sweet lovely death
I am waiting for your breath
Come sweet death, one last caress
Go
Sweet lovely death
I am waiting for your breath
Come sweet death, one last caress
Well, I got something to say
I killed your baby today
And it doesn’t matter much to me
As long as it’s dead
Sweet lovely death
I am waiting for your breath
Come sweet death
One last caress
One last caress, sweet death
One last caress, sweet death
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Obmar
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 07:16 Post subject:
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"Suicide is Painless"
Music by Johnny Mandel
Lyrics by Mike Altman
Through early morning fog I see
visions of the things to be
the pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see...
[REFRAIN]
That suicide is painless
it brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.
I try to find a way to make
all our little joys relate
without that ever-present hate
but now I know that it's to late, and...
REFRAIN
The game of life is hard to play
I'm going to lose it anyway
the losing card I'll someday lay
so this is all I have to say
REFRAIN
The only way to win is cheat
and lay it down before I'm beat
and to another give my seat
for that's the only painless feat
REFRAIN
The sword of time will pierce our skins
it doesn't hurt when it begins
but as it works its way on in
the pain grows stronger...watch it grin but...
REFRAIN
A brave man once requested me
to answer questions that are key
is it to be or not to be
and I replied 'oh why ask me?'
'Cause suicide is painless
it brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please
...and you can do the same thing if you please.
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Frax
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Location: Fuck yoiu fucking fuckers
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 09:33 Post subject:
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You know (and most probably don't) that that song is the theme to M*A*S*H?
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Occulis
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 10:36 Post subject:
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Any fool can die for a cause, but a man will live humbly for one.
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