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04-01-2007, 01:12 PM | #1 | ||
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Traffic Mayhem at Southlands today as some guy committed suicide from jumpin off the Overpass ,
More Info whn i get it
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04-01-2007, 02:00 PM | #2 | ||
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What the....?
There was a guy up the top of the Southland car park sign thingo last Thrusday (?) morning threatening to jump. It was about 7 am when I passed by Cops where every where....not sure what happened...didn't see anything on the news about it. Are you serious???????? |
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04-01-2007, 02:02 PM | #3 | ||
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they just want attention otherwise they would have jumped!
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04-01-2007, 02:21 PM | #4 | ||
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Its a bit hot to be wearing a jumper isnt it Daniel ?
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04-01-2007, 03:35 PM | #5 | ||
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Went past at 2.30 and the car park near Wild Bill's is still cordoned off.
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04-01-2007, 04:27 PM | #6 | |||
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Geez it would be tempting to head down there and yell out - "Well, make up your mind, are you gonna jump or not?!"
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04-01-2007, 04:31 PM | #7 | ||
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i know its after Christmas sales but 100 % off jumpers ?????????????????????????
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04-01-2007, 05:04 PM | #8 | ||
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I came close to hitting one on the M5 one afternoon (long before the bridge cages were put up).
I swerved just in time to miss the guy as he was mid-air ... poor woman in the Magna behind wasn't so lucky ... she ran over the guy and careered off the freeway through the grass and into a ditch.
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04-01-2007, 05:11 PM | #9 | |||
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Wouldn't be so funny if it was some one you knew!!!!!!!!!!
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04-01-2007, 05:29 PM | #11 | ||
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Never see anything about it in the media!!!
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04-01-2007, 05:51 PM | #12 | ||
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Are you having us on???
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04-01-2007, 07:27 PM | #13 | ||
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Nope , JUst got home , a Male Around 30-40 jumped off the Overpass at Southlands at 3.15 , Killed on Impact , there was Cops and Ambos Everywhere ,
Any yeah , its not a Laughing Matter
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04-01-2007, 09:03 PM | #14 | |||
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some people are so insensitive...
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04-01-2007, 09:03 PM | #15 | ||
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Gotta wonder what happened in the guys life to make him jump. Thoughts out to his friends and fam, if he had any.
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04-01-2007, 09:05 PM | #16 | |||
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04-01-2007, 10:06 PM | #17 | |||
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Condolences to the family of the deceased.
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04-01-2007, 10:07 PM | #18 | ||
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Most people who jump of the westgate are never found or thats what I have heard man this is bad about the guy at southland.
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05-01-2007, 12:41 AM | #19 | ||
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media very rarely cover suicides because its a known fact that copy cats come out very soon after especialy with teen deaths
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05-01-2007, 01:33 AM | #20 | ||
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maybe he was just looking at the views up there and slipped? ya never know
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05-01-2007, 07:47 AM | #21 | ||
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Went past at 5.30 yesterday and the cops where packing up. There were a few security people hanging about as well.
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05-01-2007, 08:00 AM | #22 | |||
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It was averaging about one a week off the Gateway Bridge in Brisbane when it was first built but it was never reported. It now has a safety fence in place. |
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05-01-2007, 04:26 PM | #23 | |||
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sale was over ?????????
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05-01-2007, 04:28 PM | #24 | ||
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Does this add to the holiday road toll?
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05-01-2007, 04:30 PM | #25 | |||
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only if in mid flight got hit by the car !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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05-01-2007, 04:45 PM | #26 | |||
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05-01-2007, 04:52 PM | #27 | |||
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Am surprised that they consider this a taboo subject for the media to broadcast.
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05-01-2007, 05:22 PM | #28 | |||
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Ask any journo, councilor or shrink. The media has to be SO careful about reporting suicides - for the exact reason of copycats. It's not just an unwritten rule in journalism, i think its actually in black and white.
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05-01-2007, 06:18 PM | #29 | |||
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While I agree it shouldn't be reported, I am amazed that the journalist are willing to abide by it when they report so much other crap that has a similar impact on some people. They prance around like they are above the law, and are often far from impartial. ps, TABOO - Something that is generally not talked about. A topic that makes people uncomfortable like death
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05-01-2007, 06:44 PM | #30 | ||
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Well the media doesn't seem to have any problem reporting suicide bombers, now does it? I don't see a rush on people in Australia going and strapping plastique to their waist and blowing themselves to kingdom come...
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