well why no pithy comment in response???
to
Naomi Stenberg from the writer of the article
["Why Not Jump Off of Me?" The Fremont Bridge, Nov 13]
You usually repond with a comment from the writer of most articles you mention - why not this time?
was the author too distrought from someone commenting on their work? or are they seriously thinking about the absolutley awful thing that they did by writing such a heartless article?
Darral Good
the son of a good man who killed himself and left three children at home alone in 1964

Thank You, White Antiracist, for remaining ever vigilant towards The Gay Racist Conspiracy™.

I found "Why not jump off me" rather funny, and I've been suicidal before during several terrible bouts of depression. I'm doing well now, thank goodness.

But sometimes I wonder if taking myself too seriously (and taking other things, like articles, too seriously) are what fueled my depression in the first place.

Maybe my thought process is just sick and wrong, I know. But depressives like a good laugh now and then, too. And well, it got me to laugh.

I, too have attempted suicide several times during my lifetime, and I LMAO over this article. This (formerly) suicidal man found the ludicrous idea of killing oneself from the Fremont Bridge uplifting. No one serious about ending their life would take the article seriously either. Get real folks.

"Lies are half-way around the world while the truth is still getting it's shoes on."

I read a great critique of the "70%" figure thrown around like pictures from the holocaust. 1) The counties that the polls were taken from had incredibly small black populations. 2) The black population of CA is also incredibly small, below Hispanic & Asian, unless for a few counties where it is well over 80%. None of the pollsters came near those counties. 3) The polling itself was restricted to a few hours on election day, ignoring pre-voting & absentee ballots. 4)The polls _do not_ say how many blacks were polled. 5? 20? over 100?

It is quite conceivable that the "70%" figure comes from less than 50 blacks polled that day, which is certainly not representative of blacks in CA. Indeed, the entire results of the polls showed that they were closely aligned w/ the final results. Even, as Dan points out, among the elderly, the final tally is must closer to the 52% total yes vote. Looking at the results, the # for blacks looks like more like an anomaly than anything else.

Dear White Antiracist,

Racism as defined by the ADL: It may be defined as the hatred of one person by another -- or the belief that another person is less than human -- because of skin color, language, customs, place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person.

White people never have to experience racism? I beg to differ. That is a ridiculous claim and one that I am so sick of hearing. Racism is racism, and we're all susceptible.

who is white anti racist? as far as I can tell he hasn't posted anything on this article- I seriously hope you weren't talking to me- it seems like you were since you posted you missive right after mine. please remove your comment if you were intentionally seaking to me.

WHO is the :
Rat King on November 21, 2008 at 11:32 AM and why did you respond to this article, your comments to "WHITEANTI RACIST" really don't make any sense in relation to what we were talking about
I never heard of "WHITEANTI RACIST" before, he's not in this thread at all which is why your comments do not belong here.