IPB

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

6 Pages V   1 2 3 > »   
Reply to this topicStart new topic
> Police causing the maximum inconvenience, M4 closure
gel
post Oct 1 2010, 10:34 AM
Post #1


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 948
Joined: 11-September 09
From: Thames Valley
Member No.: 337



Why are Police causing massive inconvenience to thousands and not bringing incident to swift end by intervention; presume a jumper or the like?

http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article...articleID=14702


Almost certainly this will result in more accidents due to overloaded local roads, whilst police never seem to have in mind rapid reopening of this major artery.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
JeffG
post Oct 1 2010, 11:12 AM
Post #2


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 3,762
Joined: 14-May 09
Member No.: 56



Yes, the police are doing this deliberately. Nothing amuses them more than causing traffic chaos - it spices up their boring lives.

(For those who take comments like this literally - and there are some - I am being sarcastic.)

Also the Chinese solution is not an option, I believe.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
dannyboy
post Oct 1 2010, 11:15 AM
Post #3


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 6,056
Joined: 14-May 09
From: Bouvetøya
Member No.: 51



How do you bring a swift end to someone threatening to jump off a bridge? Push them?

Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
theone09
post Oct 1 2010, 11:17 AM
Post #4


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 213
Joined: 14-September 09
From: Newbury
Member No.: 341



QUOTE (dannyboy @ Oct 1 2010, 12:15 PM) *
How do you bring a swift end to someone threatening to jump off a bridge? Push them?


Exactly, push em off. If they want to die, let them die!!
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Iommi
post Oct 1 2010, 11:21 AM
Post #5


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 4,138
Joined: 13-May 09
From: Newbury
Member No.: 20



QUOTE (theone09 @ Oct 1 2010, 12:17 PM) *
Exactly, push em off. If they want to die, let them die!!

There's the person's family to consider as well. That is someone's dad, mother, brother, sister, son, etc... mellow.gif
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Bloggo
post Oct 1 2010, 11:27 AM
Post #6


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,863
Joined: 14-May 09
From: Newbury
Member No.: 41



QUOTE (Iommi @ Oct 1 2010, 12:21 PM) *
There's the persons family to consider as well. That is someone's dad, mother, brother, sister, son, etc... mellow.gif

Well, it is sad if someone gets to the point where they want to end it all but they should either get on and do it or if they change their mind, leave the scene.
Holding up thousands of people and causing havoc is just plain selfish.
Why can't they do it quietly?


--------------------
Bloggo
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Guest_Bill1_*
post Oct 1 2010, 11:34 AM
Post #7





Guests






BloodyHell!

No wonder I hardly bother posting on here anymore. angry.gif
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Iommi
post Oct 1 2010, 11:38 AM
Post #8


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 4,138
Joined: 13-May 09
From: Newbury
Member No.: 20



Quite Bill1; the world is full of thoughtless, ignorant people and this thread has exposed at least 3.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Brad
post Oct 1 2010, 11:53 AM
Post #9


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 62
Joined: 18-June 10
Member No.: 954



What happened to the good old fashion rope and a tree? Or a bottle of pills and whiskey. It's selfish to kill yourself anyway but inconveniencing other people.. no need? People who jump off bridges onto cars below, and people who jump in front of trains, yes they have mental issues as killing yourself goes against all survival instincts, but are selfish nonetheless.

I've thought many a time of getting out quick and not having to put up with life, a nice secluded field with a tree nice views taking your life peacefully! Not this attention seeking bridge rubbish!
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Bloggo
post Oct 1 2010, 11:54 AM
Post #10


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,863
Joined: 14-May 09
From: Newbury
Member No.: 41



Thousands of people are dying everyday. We all do it sooner or later.
If someone wants to go sooner than their natural time then that's their decision.
Most choose to do it with a little grace and privacy choosing not to disrupt the lives of those around them such as the Milners, brave and gentle people.
Standing on a motorway bridge after the traffic has been stopped tells me that whoever it was is just trying to get attention and has no wish to complete the deed.


--------------------
Bloggo
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Iommi
post Oct 1 2010, 12:04 PM
Post #11


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 4,138
Joined: 13-May 09
From: Newbury
Member No.: 20



The list grows, Bill1! huh.gif
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Richard Garvie
post Oct 1 2010, 12:20 PM
Post #12


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 2,974
Joined: 8-September 10
Member No.: 1,076



If it was somebody you knew, would you not want the police to talk them down??? If it was someone that I knew, I would be relieved that the police had prevented it from ending in a death.

Living in Stockcross, I must have seen around four or five people threatening to jump of the A34 bridge where the A4 crosses it.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Brad
post Oct 1 2010, 12:22 PM
Post #13


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 62
Joined: 18-June 10
Member No.: 954



QUOTE (Richard Garvie @ Oct 1 2010, 01:20 PM) *
If it was somebody you knew, would you not want the police to talk them down??? If it was someone that I knew, I would be relieved that the police had prevented it from ending in a death.

Living in Stockcross, I must have seen around four or five people threatening to jump of the A34 bridge where the A4 crosses it.


Well it is stockcross, i don't blame em! laugh.gif
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Bloggo
post Oct 1 2010, 12:24 PM
Post #14


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,863
Joined: 14-May 09
From: Newbury
Member No.: 41



QUOTE (Brad @ Oct 1 2010, 01:22 PM) *
Well it is stockcross, i don't blame em! laugh.gif

You are a bad man Brad. laugh.gif laugh.gif


--------------------
Bloggo
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Iommi
post Oct 1 2010, 12:25 PM
Post #15


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 4,138
Joined: 13-May 09
From: Newbury
Member No.: 20



There are also people with mental health issues, there are also people who are going through a bad patch and are treatable; not to mention the possibility of coercion or other fowl play, and then there are the relatives of the person to consider as well.

QUOTE (Bloggo @ Oct 1 2010, 01:24 PM) *
You are a bad man Brad. laugh.gif laugh.gif

Hes' not alone.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Rachel
post Oct 1 2010, 12:25 PM
Post #16


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 151
Joined: 7-August 09
Member No.: 258



QUOTE (Iommi @ Oct 1 2010, 01:04 PM) *
The list grows, Bill1! huh.gif


Some of the responses on here have saddened me greatly. If we stop for one second to think how desperate that person must be feeling, perhaps the cries of "selfish so-and-so" would be reversed. Surely that person, stood on a bridge, considering leaving whatever their life has brought them, is not able to think straight enough to be considered selfish. Few people would begrudge someone that ill, a couple of hours disruption which they will have no idea they'll have created? Poor, poor person, they deserve pity & understanding, not shouts of "get on with it, you're in my way!"
Call me soft if you like, but I was in Sainsbury's (not Newbury) on Wednesday, & the sweet lady on the til had been saddened by something the previous customer had said (I think she'd been offered condollences). She carried on serving me, tears rolling down her cheeks, but smilling all the while. I silently passed her a tissue & a smile, paid & left, hearing a quiet "Thankyou" as I left. Perhaps some people here think I should have told her to pull herself together & hurry up before my frozen peas defrosted? Don't answer that.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Andy1
post Oct 1 2010, 12:36 PM
Post #17


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 437
Joined: 2-June 09
Member No.: 121



QUOTE (Bloggo @ Oct 1 2010, 01:24 PM) *
You are a bad man Brad. laugh.gif laugh.gif


Sad Man more like
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Brad
post Oct 1 2010, 12:38 PM
Post #18


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 62
Joined: 18-June 10
Member No.: 954



QUOTE (Rachel @ Oct 1 2010, 01:25 PM) *
I silently passed her a tissue & a smile,


A tissue, you offered a tissue.. Where was the hug? I'd have squished that old lady up in a loving hug, pinched her cheek whilst saying how adorable she was, patted her on the head and off id plod. I do hope it was a used tissue blink.gif
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Guest_Bill1_*
post Oct 1 2010, 12:51 PM
Post #19





Guests






QUOTE (Brad @ Oct 1 2010, 01:38 PM) *
A tissue, you offered a tissue.. Where was the hug? I'd have squished that old lady up in a loving hug, pinched her cheek whilst saying how adorable she was, patted her on the head and off id plod. I do hope it was a used tissue blink.gif


You're quite new on here aren't you?

We welcome people aboard but then hope they are the decent sort i.e. know when to have a laugh and when not.


One of my best friends had to cope with the suicide of his only brother and a cousin of mine was shot by a lad who then took his own life, so I know all about the tragedy of suicide and I doubt I'm the only one on here who does, so please think before you post.

This goes for others who have been less than sympathetic on here too.

Thank you.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Simon Kirby
post Oct 1 2010, 12:55 PM
Post #20


Advanced Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 6,326
Joined: 20-July 10
From: Wash Common
Member No.: 1,011



I don't want to feed this misanthropic trolling, but I feel obliged to say that I find some of the comments in this thread unacceptable.


--------------------
Right an injustice - give Simon Kirby his allotment back!
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post

6 Pages V   1 2 3 > » 
Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 

Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 29th March 2024 - 08:05 AM