I'm not saying I agree with the guy in the following news story. I'm just sayin' I understand:
"Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand — and pushed him off the ledge.
Chen fell 26 feet (8 meters) onto a partially inflated emergency air cushion laid out by authorities and survived, suffering spine and elbow injuries, the official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday.
The passer-by, 66-year-old Lai Jiansheng, had been fed up with what he called Chen's "selfish activity," Xinhua said. Traffic around the Haizhu bridge in the city of Guangzhou had been backed up for five hours and police had cordoned off the area...Photos in the Beijing Morning Post showed Lai, shoeless and in a T-shirt, saluting after Chen fell."
I figure if you're really ticked about some drama queen threatening to jump for 5 hours, holding up traffic and making everyone late, and then decide to march up there yourself and push him, the only appropriate grande finale is a topless salute...
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That is one of the sayings I grew up with (Thanks, Mom!) and it's been my life's motto since I was a kid.
I'm not fully endorsing this guy either, but yeah, one can understand. I missed the part about the topless salute, though.
I felt bad that I felt the same way so I feel a little better knowing I'm not the only one.
Not since "My Dad Ate My Eyeballs" have I been this moved.
I used to live right next to the Bay Bridge and there was a guy who'd threaten suicide every other month or so, making a huge scene for hours while cops, firemen, and medical professionals milled around. Honestly, I don't know what he was costing the City. I feel you, Lai.
I don't know why I keep coming back to this story but I just realized it also reminds me of that Seinfeld episode about The English Patient where Elaine yells out something like "die already."
I am going to find something else to do now.
The thing is, if some commuter was savvy enough to walk up and "shake his hand," some law enforcement type should've been able to get close enough to muscle him down from wherever.
Lesson?
Chinese first responders suck ass.
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