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2009-05-24 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Passer-by pushes suicide jumper in south China
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Posted by Steve White 2009-05-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Hilarious.
Posted by Broadhead6 2009-05-24 01:21||   2009-05-24 01:21|| Front Page Top

#2 What a sport.
Posted by Girlthursday 2009-05-24 01:40||   2009-05-24 01:40|| Front Page Top

#3 There was an inflated bag under the guy he landed on so it might not be that extreme.
Posted by 3dc 2009-05-24 01:43||   2009-05-24 01:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Back in 1998, somebody closed down the Woodrow Wilson Bridge (along the Washington Beltway south of DC) for 5 hours the same way. The police eventually shot him with a beanbag gun; he then jumped into the Potomac and survived. I just saw a comment on freerepublic.com suggesting that Mr. Lai's action was perfectly understandable.
Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow  2009-05-24 07:16||   2009-05-24 07:16|| Front Page Top

#5 In China, there is a tradition of sensible old people doing the obviously right thing, when nobody else can see it.

Also notice how the old man is 100% pro-government, despite the fact that he lived through the twin disasters of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Never underestimate this.
Posted by gromky 2009-05-24 07:20||   2009-05-24 07:20|| Front Page Top

#6 I remember well the incident to which Eric is refering. And, if memory serves, there were more than a few letters to the editor in both the Post and Times suggesting the same treatment of the Wilson Bridge "jumper".
Posted by WolfDog 2009-05-24 10:36||   2009-05-24 10:36|| Front Page Top

#7 suicide cowards, just get it over with
Posted by 746 2009-05-24 11:19||   2009-05-24 11:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Dueling narcissism.
Posted by mojo">mojo  2009-05-24 16:11||   2009-05-24 16:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Seems the police cordon of the area wasn't all that good.

Wonder if he'll sue the writer of Lethal Weapon.
Posted by rjschwarz 2009-05-24 17:11||   2009-05-24 17:11|| Front Page Top

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