mf - story #4750 - I think he was aiming for his chest

I think he was aiming for his chest
posted by Vina on November 18th, 2008 at 9:16PM

He probably didn't want any visible shot wound from the neck up. Some people do care about their looks.

The best way to go is by following the Hong Kong tradition: to jump off a building - a popular reaction when stock markets dramatically fall.

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I guess
posted by pasofol on November 19th, 2008 at 1:47PM

in that case the stock market isn't the only thing that drops.
Bad joke.

Dont see you on facebook how else am i suppose bug you?

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I hate the new facebook layout
posted by Vina on November 19th, 2008 at 7:13PM

You can still bug me here. I'm not a fan of facebook anymore. *Poke*

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posted by dennisn on November 18th, 2008 at 10:09PM

Yikes. Jumping is the worst, IMHO. The last few seconds are incredibly stressful. I'm not sure if any pain signals would actually have enough time to trigger on impact, but the anticipation of the pain, I think, would be unbearable. I think the dude was aiming for his heart, and bleeding to death seems pretty peaceful to me. Animals are slaughtered by slashing the arteries in their neck, and they calmly bleed to sleep. Breathing is still possible, which is nice. (Drowning is also stressful because of this stifled reflex.)

How could he have been trying to shoot someone else by aiming/shooting his chest/heart repeatedly? (And why wouldn't he have shot them first?)

I hate how uninformative these articles are. I know you shouldn't jump to conclusions about motive/etc, but *some* piece of additional information would be nice. Surely someone knew the dude and can speculate? Lazy reporting.

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posted by dennisn on November 18th, 2008 at 10:21PM

Well, I suppose they hinted at it--losing all your money in the stocks would be a good motive. Though it's a pretty stupid thing to do.

I know in India it's common for bankrupt farmers to commit suicide--whether it's due to fluctuating markets, or disastrous storms, etc. Specifically, men. And, really, it's a very common thing for men to do, be it bankrupted "providers" of families, or taliban suicide bombers, or any soldier. And I suspect the reason it's so popular is that they get a lot more respect/sex while they're alive. So, as usual, women are to blame for encouraging this behavior.

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Not just uninformative
posted by Vina on November 18th, 2008 at 10:14PM

Some journalists deliberately distort stories. I don't even trust police investigations, they are lazy asses. They just want to jump straight to conclusions to save money and time.

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posted by dennisn on November 18th, 2008 at 10:36PM

I would say most journalists distort stories, since everyone has a bias, and it takes exceptional and rare discipline not to exploit it. But, really, it's unecessary to try/pretend to present an unbiased story. It would be a lot easier and more informative to just read both biased versions of a story.

Aside from planting false evidence, police can't make any conclusions--it's up to judges and juries.

But they are indeed lazy asses for (1) accepting illegally gotten money and (2) enforcing illegal laws.

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