Thanks for the update seeker!

-pedagogue

to seeker.

Hopefully all is truly well.

to seeker

and

to pedagogue for perhaps convincing him to call for assistance

Seeker and Pedagogue - you guys kick ass.

Now we need to inquire about the disappearance of das Monkey - TV Talk is a hollow shell of itself w/out him.

<A HREF="http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=350130" target="_blank">I died...now I'm back...my story...</a>

Great job seeker. It's good to know there are still people out there who REALLY care like this and will go that extra mile.

Also shows that the internet is a good place

“the internet is a good place”?!?

Pardon me while I get this off my chest. This may not be the most appropriate place for this post, but I don’t think a new thread is needed for it. And I certainly didn’t want to put it in Other.

25 years ago, my brother took his life with pills. An unfortunate coincidence is that his death occurred on Mother’s Day, and was made worse by the fact it was also my Mom’s birthday. About 10 years ago, my wife’s favorite nephew decided to end his life with a shotgun.

Having experienced these events, I have to say that I have never seen such a collection of hate and ignorance piled in one thread like dog droppings. Even a totally inappropriate political post or two. WTF?!? I don’t want to go into why the thread was allowed to go on for as long as it did. Since I didn’t pay attention to the time stamps, I have no opinion to offer, a concept apparently beyond several posters.

However, I’d like to balance the pure disgust I feel for a number of folks who decided to share their hatred with some positives.

Seeker
pedagogue

You guys rock! With friends like you, maybe I’d still have a brother and a nephew.

And Bando, a special for standing your ground. I don’t know what the hell you were doing posting in such a fetid thread after it went south, but you have more respect than I will ever be able to show for what you said.

If I missed some folks who deserved mention, my apologies. No slight was intended.

Suicide is something that knows no race, sex, political, or income boundary. The reasons for it are as individual as the effects it has on those left behind. Regardless of the reasons, hatred is inappropriate of one who contemplates, attempts, or succeeds with the act as that hatred is, indirectly, being given to those family and friends involved.

well said

I respect you Wizdar, and what you said but I couldn't disagree with what you posted more, aside from the props to a few of our resident Otters. I am trying to let it rest, though, so I won't go into why I think you are wrong.

I can only imagine that it is what I did in this thread that caused me to be a "DVD Talk Superhero".

Wow. This is the very first time anyone has messed with my name or title (other than me changing from DVD Seeker to Seeker years ago)

Reminds me of the DVDTalk Superhero club. Where's the Legion of DVDTALK superheroes? Bandoman... Cool Kitten... and the League of SuperVillains?

While it's nice to see that people on an online board care enough to search out someone's info to make sure they're alright, it's kind of creepy in a way.

Not to divert the subject much. Just an observation. Is it really our position to search them out, call their work, or intrude into their personal life in any manner just because we're curious? I know there were good intentions here.... I'm just sayin'.... **shrug**


Sorry....

I think you are 100% correct. Ordinarily I think it's inapropriate to cross the line and seek members out. However in this case Tarantino posted a suicide note to the forum and then a couple of days later proceeded to journal his suicide on the forum.

Honestly the whole situation was a real poor one. While I am very glad that the DVD Talk Community rose to support someone in need I'm quite put off that Tarantino used our forum as an outlet for his suicide attempt. I know it had deep effects on some of the people who manage the site and to many Other forum readers.

How would you feel if you ran a site that someone 'involved' in their suicide attempt.

But all that aside, I'm proud of the level of caring for fellow members that many of our DVD Talkers have and it makes me quite happy time and time again to see people care about people they've never met face to face.

I don't seek people out. But in this case, I felt that something should be done.

The "Good Samaritan" did not seek anyone out, but he didn't pass the injured man by, either.

It's all a matter of degree - we don't want to intrude on people's lives, but sometimes, you feel you need to do something.

I don't think a DVD Talk forum should be an outlet for a suicide note/attempt, but on the other hand, when it happens, I'm also not going to just read and say "eh - it's not my business."

Seeker - that's one of many reasons I count you as a friend.

While I usually just lurk or post 'shallow' messages, and never go out of my way to actually get to know people here or let people here really know me, I do want you all (the 4 or 5 of you reading this thread) to know that I really appreciate the people in this forum and would like to think that I wouldn't 'pass the injured man by' if put in that situation.

Simply put, I love you guys, thanks for being part of my extended family.