Suicide PSA

[Kenazo]

thought this was kind of funny.

Botswana's suicide branch line

February 18, 2004

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Officials in Botswana have reportedly urged people wanting to kill themselves to "use trees" and not trains.

"If people want to commit suicide, they should use trees, not our trains," the country's minister of works and transport Tebelo Seretse told a Gabarone newspaper, according to The Star in neighbouring South Africa.

"I am sick of these people who throw themselves in front of the trains. The drivers are people - why turn them into murderers?" she was quoted as saying.

Train drivers in the diamond-rich southern African country often faced having to remove human body parts from their engines, The Star said.

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[Bassyhead]

use trees?
😕

 

[TitanDiddly]

Trees = cannabis.

 

[AnyMal]

The drivers are people - why turn them into murderers?" she was quoted as saying.

Hey, she's got a point..

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: Bassyhead
use trees?
😕

:music: swing, swing, from the tangles of...:music:

you should get the picture.

How about this:

"how do you get a goth out of a tree?"
- / the rope.

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: Bassyhead
use trees?
😕

Hey, its an abundant natural resource!!! And humans decompose quicker in the forest, where hopefully not too many people see the body.

Agreed, its weird for them to come out and put it that way. Equivalent here would be 'use bridges over water'...

 

[AFB]

WTF ??

 

[Spoooon]

Well, they've got a point. Suicide affects more than just the person that kills themself.

 

[Compton]

If they use the trains then it can be filmed and sold to plenty of sick mofos in America.

 

[z0mb13]

the gov should give the citizens katanas to commit seppuku!! 😀

 

[Flyermax2k3]

That's so beyond sad I'm at a loss for words... :Q 🙁

 

[MournSanity]

Awesome. If people want to kill themselves, let them, but not at the expense or grief of others. If all stupid people did this, we wouldn't have a population problem.

USE TREES! is going in my sig.

 

[Flyermax2k3]

Originally posted by: hypersonic5
Awesome. If people want to kill themselves, let them, but not at the expense or grief of others. If all stupid people did this, we wouldn't have a population problem.

USE TREES! is going in my sig.

Well, you're right on one thing: everyone should use trees, but not in the manner you're thinking 😉

 

[thomsbrain]

you're supposed to cut down a tree so it falls on you

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
you're supposed to cut down a tree so it falls on you

Oh I get it now. I thought someone was supposed to have a tree fall on them. Should say "use rope" in the article, not trees then 😉

 

[Toasthead]

suicidal people can be sooooo inconsiderate