The Conservative Cave
Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: The Village Idiot on April 22, 2010, 01:57:11 PM
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The Labour Party imported so many immigrants that citizens cannot find jobs.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267953/Job-seeker-Vicky-Harrison-commits-suicide-rejected-200-jobs.html
A young woman who left school with three A-levels and ten GCSEs killed herself because she felt 'humiliated' about not getting a job.
Vicky Harrison, 21, failed to find work after applying for more than 200 jobs over two years.
She took a massive drug overdose a day after receiving a rejection letter following an interview. She left a suicide note saying: 'I don't want to be me anymore.'
Her devastated parents Tony and Louise said their daughter had become depressed about being unemployed.
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/04/22/article-1267953-093DDCFC000005DC-146_468x439.jpg)
News of the tragic suicide comes the day after UK unemployment spiralled to a 16-year high of 2.5 million.
'Vicky was a bright, bubbly and clever girl but she became depressed at not being able to find a job,' said Mrs Harrison.
'Vicky found it humiliating that she had been out of work for so long and couldn't take it any more.
'Vicky was a wonderful daughter and to say her death was a shock is an understatement. We are struggling to come to terms with it. Vicky is and always was special.'
Vicky left school with 10 A-C grade GCSEs and three A Levels - gaining two B grades and a C.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267953/Job-seeker-Vicky-Harrison-commits-suicide-rejected-200-jobs.html#ixzz0lrBSdVwp
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And of course being Europeans the family says the unemployed need more benefits instead of pointing to the million+ foreign workers that Labour brought in.
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Get ready to see more of this if the Dems get their way.
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How sad for her family and very selfish on her part
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How sad for her family and very selfish on her part
It is sad, but I can't agree that it's selfish. If her depths of despair were so terrible, who are we--you, me, or her family--to decide that she must abide on this earth? How is it not our decision whether we live or die, and when your life is at question, who's happiness should be of first consideration? Shakespeare has words that ring true for me, from King Lear:
KING LEAR
And my poor fool is hang'd! No, no, no life!
Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life,
And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more,
Never, never, never, never, never!
Pray you, undo this button: thank you, sir.
Do you see this? Look on her, look, her lips,
Look there, look there!
Dies
EDGAR
He faints! My lord, my lord!
KENT
Break, heart; I prithee, break!
EDGAR
Look up, my lord.
KENT
Vex not his ghost: O, let him pass! he hates him much
That would upon the rack of this tough world
Stretch him out longer.
EDGAR
He is gone, indeed.
KENT
The wonder is, he hath endured so long:
He but usurp'd his life.
---King Lear, Act V, scene ii
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There is a point, I think, where the living should consider their own selfishness in insisting that anyone else continue living in spite of their own wishes. It comes down to who is the ultimate owner of a life--you, who are living it, or others you know. I choose to believe that I am the unchallenged steward of my own continued existence.
That said, I must say that from the point of view of those of us much older than 21, she did make a terrible mistake. Who of us much older than that believes problems are insoluable when so young, with all of life stretched out in front of us? The idea of committing suicide because of unemployment at so young an age is plain ridiculous to someone of my age. So much is correctable when so young.
I'll admit I've known these depths of despair at times in the past in my life, and the temptation to do as she did was strong. I know the only thing that stopped me was simple fear of dying. I can't judge anyone who takes the other fork. The plain truth is it takes a great deal of guts to overcome the animal urge of self-preservation and willingly end your existence.
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Was looking down the long long barrel of eternity 5 years ago. There were things that made the option seem as if it were a good idea. But the feeding tube came out, the lungs cleared up, I could breath again unassisted, and ALS was no longer on the table as a posibility.....so they took out the trache....and I came home to continue the fight.
This sad , pretty young lady is evidence that Darwin was correct, unfortunately. The selection has taken place and there is no turning back. Someone did not have a firm grip on reality, as if a business cycle that retards your entry into a career 2 or three years is a good reasdon to kill yourself.....stupid.