A man deliberately beheads himself with a chainsaw, page 2
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reply posted on 19-11-2008 @ 12:56 PM by ConservativeJack
Originally posted by shaolin_dragon
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Trouble is, from what i can make out, this was in the UK. Not in the US. Its not the sort of thing you normally hear about in the UK. At least, not that i can recall anything of this kind being on MSM (Sky News)


I think America and the UK share a lot of common culture.

The ones I play with on XBOX LIVE are pretty darn close to being American. Their speech, their jokes...

But nevertheless, maybe we're all screwed!


reply posted on 19-11-2008 @ 12:56 PM by grover
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Actually I reread the story and got part of the OP wrong... his house was apparently one of a number on a block to be razed and he had already refused offers for alternative housing... my mistake but given the fact that people are killing themselves rather than be foreclosed on... it was somewhat understandable that i read something different.

None the less... I was wrong.


The hearing heard that the block where Mr Phyall had his flat was to be demolished but he had refused 11 offers of alternative accommodation and eventually the housing association had gone to court to repossess the property.

At the time of his death Mr Phyall, who suffered from mental illness and had attempted suicide before, was the only person left inside the 1960s block when the rest of the properties were boarded up.

Recording a verdict of suicide, Mr Burge said First Wessex Housing Group had done all they could to help Mr Phyall but he was "irrationally opposed to moving".


What was it Oscar Wilde said about England and America... that they were one people separated by a common language.

[edit on 19-11-2008 by grover]


reply posted on 19-11-2008 @ 01:04 PM by Locke23
OH #!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats gotta hurt ,,
pretty messed up stuff



reply posted on 19-11-2008 @ 02:01 PM by Malfeitor
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I can think of two places it would fit, and a few more where it wouldn't; the latter choices would arouse more attention, I think. I can hear it now... "last night some crazy Texan shoved a stick of dynamite up his nose..."
But seriously, this economic situation for which the man killed himself is getting out of hand. When I look at the bills, I see numbers much larger than my rapidly diminishing paycheck. More disturbing is that I can't go near the hunting department of Wal-Mart without hearing nine people talking about buying guns to defend their properties. I've even heard a few idiots talking about gunning for the White House; normally I would laugh and wait for the guys in black to jump out of nowhere, but I keep hearing this more and more. I don't know how it is elsewhere, but here around my town things are turning bad, and fast. Not to say that I'm looking to buy dynamite, mind you.


reply posted on 19-11-2008 @ 02:27 PM by grover
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Reread the article or reread my revised OP... the whole block was slated for demolition... he was offered alternatives and he refused to leave. Plus he was mentally ill.
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