Another suicide based on this past election

[Bucky]

http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/001253.html
Jonathan Aurthur, author of The Angel and the Dragon: A Father's Search for Answers to His Son's Suicide: The Myths and Realities of Mental Illness, took his own life on Novemenber 22nd. According to Blog of Death:

In recent years, however, Aurthur had been unable to find a job. Friends said he grew depressed over his mounting credit card debt, the re-election of President George W. Bush and the ever-present pain of losing his son.

As with the other suicide attributed to this election, that young Georgia boy who killed himself at Ground Zero, there are many other contributing factors leading up to a person making the sad final decision to check out before their time.

But the point should not be lost that this election has been traumatic for all of us, if for no other reason than that the country's leadership is taking us off into dangerous territories which we as a country have in the past chosen not to travel and because so many of our fellow citizens seem almost wilfully blinded to the danger signs along that route.

I can't excuse Mr Aurthur's decision, of course. Suicide is always a wrong choice made by someone who's lost the ability to make the right choice. But I understand his sadness. This is a big country and there are a lot of people determined to save it from its bad navigator. There's a zillion reasons for hope against all our fears and not a single reason to justify that final despair.

If you're having a tough holiday season, find someone to call. Or just keep posting honestly here at DU. We're all together and this dark midnight will end far sooner than you think, and far more suddenly than Mr Bush will ever understand. But whatever the obstacles, let's all stay on the road together, okay?