In today's effed up news headlines....

[Sybertiger]

Somali refugee allegedly strangles pregnant Swedish girlfriend in honor killing

A Somalian refugee has been charged with murder for allegedly killing his seven-months pregnant Swedish girlfriend rather than face the shame of introducing her to his Muslim family.

nypost.com

Man, 76, bitten by toilet rat is hospitalized with organ failure due to bacterial infection

This real-life mutant sewer rat turned out to be far less friendly than the cartoon version known to lurk through the Big Apple sewers with his four turtle sons.

nypost.com

Disturbing video shows revenge-seeking son shoot dad’s accused killer six times, pistol-whip him in courtroom

The rest of the courtroom devolves into chaos as jurors and members of the court scatter while the vengeful Terto unleashes his fury at De Moura.

nypost.com

Physically healthy Dutch woman, 28, decides to be euthanized due to crippling depression

She is just one of the growing number of people in the West who have decided to die rather than continue living in pain that, unlike a terminal illness, could be treated.

nypost.com

 

[bigredfish]

Just another day in clown world!

 

[Teken]

I normally try to avoid these threads because there are always strong views and feelings on the topic at hand.

Having said this, the Dutch thread is something that always makes me take pause. If the article is to be believed and accurate they are saying the woman has mental illness.

As such I sure hope (The System) has the proper safeguards in place to affirm this decision is made with a sound mind.

At the end of the day if a reasonable person wants to end their life - alright.

My views are if I had just 24 hours with this woman I’m sure they would reconsider their decision.

You take someone to a war torn country that is actively under fire. Let them sit in a fox hole while bullets, bombs, and missiles scream by.

I can assure you the instinct to survive and persevere would kick in. If not, it’s simply fate and their own destiny to die and be forgotten into the abis! ‍

Conversely, if she survived that experience I would fly her to a destination where all the human senses would explode in all its beauty.

Seeing both a magnificent sunrise to the brightest full moon. To listening to all nature has to offer in terms of flowers, plants, animals, and cool breeze over the ocean.

Having experienced both extremes would offer insight and reset almost anyone.

Ultimately, people today are truly weak and have a moral compass and character of a sour potato!

 

[mat200]

I normally try to avoid these threads because there are always strong views and feelings on the topic at hand.

Having said this, the Dutch thread is something that always makes me take pause. If the article is to be believed and accurate they are saying the woman has mental illness.

As such I sure hope (The System) has the proper safeguards in place to affirm this decision is made with a sound mind.

At the end of the day if a reasonable person wants to end their life - alright.

My views are if I had just 24 hours with this woman I’m sure they would reconsider their decision.

You take someone to a war torn country that is actively under fire. Let them sit in a fox hole while bullets, bombs, and missiles scream by.

I can assure you the instinct to survive and persevere would kick in. If not, it’s simply fate and their own destiny to die and be forgotten into the abis! ‍

Conversely, if she survived that experience I would fly her to a destination where all the human senses would explode in all its beauty.

Seeing both a magnificent sunrise to the brightest full moon. To listening to all nature has to offer in terms of flowers, plants, animals, and cool breeze over the ocean.

Having experienced both extremes would offer insight and reset almost anyone.

Ultimately, people today are truly weak and have a moral compass and character of a sour potato!

You take someone to a war torn country that is actively under fire. Let them sit in a fox hole while bullets, bombs, and missiles scream by.

I can assure you the instinct to survive and persevere would kick in. If not, it’s simply fate and their own destiny to die and be forgotten into the abis!

Yes at that moment, yet iirc Soldiers have a high rate of suicide after combat ..

 

[Teken]

You take someone to a war torn country that is actively under fire. Let them sit in a fox hole while bullets, bombs, and missiles scream by.

I can assure you the instinct to survive and persevere would kick in. If not, it’s simply fate and their own destiny to die and be forgotten into the abis!

Yes at that moment, yet iirc Soldiers have a high rate of suicide after combat ..

It’s a combination of what used to be called shell shock. Now it’s called P or other acronym. ‍

Theres a huge difference between taking fire vs seeing your Buddy blown apart or having their brains splattered from a 50 cal.

That’s why the military tries their hardest to brain wash the person, desensitize, and put them under real world pressure so they react as expected or better.

Nobody will ever truly know how they will react until they hear a AK47 round wizzing past your ear.

Nor will they know how they will react seeing a leg fly into their lap!

Taking a round to the chest or being lit on fire from white phosphorus is easily understood as to why someone would want to end it all.

 

[tigerwillow1]

After careful consideration I have concluded that war sucks. It's usually a bunch of deranged mentally ill egotists somehow being able to force or convince masses of otherwise peaceful people to hate and kill the otherwise peaceful people on the other side. The only winners are bankers, defense contractors, and the rich and powerful who don't have to put themselves at risk.