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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:32 PM Original message |
A man jumps to his death and people -- laugh? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Consider exactly where he was - above Forever 21 nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because people are so accustomed to the "tee-vee-ification" of everything they see |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. DU'ers with great regularity assure me that doesn't happen. I've been told again and again |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 06:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Rather amusing, isn't it? Companies spend hundreds of billions for a product |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 07:40 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Never mind that they also spend millions annually on psyche marketing depts |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. . |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sick bastards.. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. This has been happening for decades |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. You beat me to it. :-) |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. That doesn't make it any better. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Deleted sub-thread |
amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. it happened in greater Los Angeles several yrs ago; think the man jumped off the freeway overpass? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 06:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
43. The 105. He was sentenced to death by the insurance industry and he objected. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. yes, very tragic |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. may the ones who laughed and egged him on, get everything they deserve. may they, if they ever |
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Snow Bird (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Genovese syndrome or diffusion of responsibility. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. she came to mind immediately |
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Snow Bird (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. We both probably remember |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. welcome to DU--yes, I remember him, and cassius clay, and. . . |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. That phenomena applies to onlooker passivity- NOT aggression |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. i don't think that is the same thing, this case is worse in many ways |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. This was worse than Genovese |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Decades of violent TV/movies and government pro-war propaganda have made Americans insensitive ... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. This is old behavior though. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Yes, because people were so sensitive back in the Good Old Days. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
47. Two thousand years ago people enjoyed watching other people be mauled by wild animals in the |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. There is a considerable portion of the American public |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. It makes you wonder |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. Incidents like this pop up every now and again. It will be portrayed as part of some new pattern. |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Whoever thinks "we" have "become" insensitive doesn't know much |
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jjcrain (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Didn't people use to bring sandwiches and drinks when they went to see an execution? |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:12 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Some places they did |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. ah, there it is. TV and the Media do not desensitize. |
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RedRoses323 (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
48. Kudos! |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
55. thank you. People lamenting how "desensitized" we have become are ignorant of history. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. Yep. That's the real deal. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. It's just extreme schaudenfreud. Always been there. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. Laughter is a complicated reflex not always signaling pleasure |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. that is exactly right |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. It's why jokes work |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. Been hearing about stories like this since I was a child. Always made me sick. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. Suicide is not uncommon, sadly |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
32. Is there a documentary or any sort of film or book related to this human trait? nt |
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Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
33. Inappropriate... unless it's Dick Cheney... |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. come on now |
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indy legend (484 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
60. Now let's not get ahead of ourselves. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
39. Broad-brushing time! |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
40. Some people here laugh and joke about death here on DU all the time. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
41. Some of the comments |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. SFgate comments are awful. I go in periodically to offset the cruel, racist, stupid sh*t that's |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
44. Probably Republicans Doing The Laughing |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. Yeah, from the huge population of Repubs in San Fran... |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
46. Public suicide - the last (if successful) refuge of the attention whore. n/t |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. yep. Frankly I'd rather they jump than fly a plane into an office |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Interesting. Tell us how you really feel n/t |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
49. RIP to the poor soul who fell from the building. And hope for change in those |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
50. Isn't there someone who posts here... |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
51. it's sad but nothing new--sick people have encouraged people to jump forever. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
52. Generally speaking |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
53. Odd the responses... |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
62. Plenty of cheering & laughs for Katrina when it was going on, too. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
63. There was a time not too long ago when this desperate |
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