Posted by Nickengland on August 27, 2005, at 17:54:48
In reply to Am I horribly indifferent to death? ***Trigger***, posted by Deneb on August 26, 2005, at 21:22:55
Hi Deneb,
Just out of curosity I wondered if I could ask you a question..
>Teehee, I wonder how many of Dr. Bob's patients killed themselves? I'll guess 5. Is this a reasonable guess?
Teehee (LOL?) I wonder how many of Dr. XXX patients have died of cancer. I guess X. is this a reasonable guess?
I would assume that doctors whether they are treating cancer or trying to prevent suicide definately have patients die under their care at one point or another. How many die is just a number, unless you are trying to establish whether a particular doctor has more patients die under their care than another particular doctor, i'm not sure.
Whether X is a reasonable guess as to how many deaths have occured is maybe not the question. The thing is all those patients who did die had families who cared about them, i'm not sure whether or not you would think it reasonable if someone was guessing how many deaths had occured and one of your family members or close friends died under the care of that doctor - and someone was teehee'ing about the guess?
I've had relatives die of suicide and cancer. My grandparents.
My question is, from your other posts on this thread you seem to say you can't understand why this would upset people with what you've said. So if someone close to you, be it a relative or close friend was to die under the care of Dr. Bob or any other doctor, would you find it offensive if people were 'teehee'ing about the esitmates of those deaths when your relative or friend was one of them? In otherwords is it acceptable to laugh about death, especially the death that occurs from mental illness which is namely suicide?
Kind regardsNick
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