tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11594431.post6712827424398443075..comments2023-10-16T15:06:29.431+01:00Comments on Stephen Spillane's My Opinion: I am annoyed! - Gov't to cut Sucide FundsStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15425555341439157265noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11594431.post-41168093793015790002009-03-09T10:07:00.000+00:002009-03-09T10:07:00.000+00:00I had a response written but a cookie error delete...I had a response written but a cookie error deleted it.... I think while ignoring the case raised by Gamme (which is a case of Medical Negligence rather then failed suicide). This is more about combating suicides that can be prevented like the majority of youth suicides, which I have unfortunately have had contact with. There are groups out there who do great work in this area and cutting funds certainly wont help! All that helps is the Governments Balance sheet and even then, not by that much!Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425555341439157265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11594431.post-71597601110186959042009-03-07T13:28:00.000+00:002009-03-07T13:28:00.000+00:00I should probably start by admitting that I don't ...I should probably start by admitting that I don't subscribe to the notion that 'every life is sacred', so while I feel that everything should be done to look after those in our society, a cost/benefit analysis wouldn't hurt either.<BR/><BR/>I know that it's a rather cheap rhetorical device, but you <A HREF="http://stephenspillane.blogspot.com/2009/03/im-doing-trocaire-24hr-fast.html" REL="nofollow">brought it up yourself</A> - imagine the good that could be done if, instead of some miserable suicidal cunt getting £90,000, it was spent on the poor fuckers who are <EM>fighting</EM> for their lives every day, not tasting a morsel of the dignity and privilege we wallow in.<BR/><BR/>Invest the money into those that will contribute once they're the same footing as the rest of us, and stop interfering with natural selection!Sullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17522036336698345351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11594431.post-57400966247313659652009-03-07T08:50:00.000+00:002009-03-07T08:50:00.000+00:00Sully, as you can see from that article he was 3 t...Sully, as you can see from that article he was 3 times the correct dosage. So he was only right to sue. <BR/><BR/>While it is belt-tightening season and all that should we really be turning our backs on people who need help? Should we stop being good smaritans and leave people to their own devices? Do you agree with Margeret Thatcher that there is no such thing as Sociey? As that is what you are basically saying.<BR/><BR/>We have a duty to look after those in our community, no matter what they are suffering from.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425555341439157265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11594431.post-17051701369099707532009-03-06T21:22:00.000+00:002009-03-06T21:22:00.000+00:00Nice one Gamma! Quite propitious timing!It seems t...Nice one Gamma! Quite propitious timing!<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that the NHS would be better off if this guy had succeeded in topping himself, and I'd be inclined to say that his family would be too. Rather than mourning him in the short term, they're still putting up with his shit. <BR/><BR/>Stephen, I appreciate that suicide is an emotive subject, and I do understand that it is a symptom of mental health, but from my experience with mental-health organisations, I've seen how they haemorrhage money by mollycoddling these dejected fucks who only then get to propagate their misery.<BR/><BR/>In belt-tightening season, I see it as no shame that they're cutting costs. Look at it from an evolutionary point of view - natural selection would surely mandate that the suicide gene would die out eventually if we stopped reviving the litigious cunts.Sullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17522036336698345351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11594431.post-85794527823543760972009-03-06T18:32:00.000+00:002009-03-06T18:32:00.000+00:00Gamma - Ohh.... not going thereSully - Suicide pre...Gamma - Ohh.... not going there<BR/><BR/>Sully - Suicide prevention is important and is part of a wider startegy for Mental Health. There are vunerable groups out there and they need to be looked after and cutting funding to groups is not the way to do itStephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425555341439157265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11594431.post-75543820106308557752009-03-06T16:41:00.000+00:002009-03-06T16:41:00.000+00:00Sully might find this article interesting, I only ...Sully might find this article interesting, I only read it today myself.<BR/><BR/>[<A HREF="http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1100705_man_wins_90000_after_suicide_bid_" REL="nofollow">Man wins £90,000 after suicide bid</A>]gammagoblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100143137222957254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11594431.post-1056094602258358652009-03-06T15:39:00.000+00:002009-03-06T15:39:00.000+00:00Should we really be that upset? A 12.5% cut doesn'...Should we really be that upset? A 12.5% cut doesn't bother me that much - 'Suicide Prevention' is a little late in the game for intervention, isn't it? <BR/><BR/>A broader strategy for mental health would keep people from getting to the stage where they decide to kill themselves, then half-assedly attempting and troubling our strained health system.<BR/><BR/>What might work even better would be if we showed people how to kill themselves efficiently, eliminating the cost of expensive hospital procedures to save lives that have already been given up on. That's the kind of imagination that our government sadly lacks.Sullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17522036336698345351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11594431.post-83561223894612894082009-03-06T15:03:00.000+00:002009-03-06T15:03:00.000+00:00Government would love if there were less people to...Government would love if there were less people to draw the dole in Ireland. And less "cribbers and moaners" to worry about.gammagoblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100143137222957254noreply@blogger.com