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Missihippi
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CentralCali
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| Suicide is a mental health issue. It's not an issue of something in life being "not difficult" to one who doesn't have the mental health problem. |
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jvalmer
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Is it really that surprising? In Hollywood many actors OD, go on drinking binges, or steal. And probably for the same reasons Korean celebrities hang themselves.
In Korea the famous don't have the same access to drugs to drown their sorrows away. So instead of hearing of some actor OD and checking into some drug rehab clinic, or hanging themselves in some foreign country with drugs on the dresser counter, Korean actors just commit suicide. |
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Dutchtouch
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Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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In Korea the famous don't have the same access to drugs to drown their sorrows away |
Are you serious? Drugs are readily available here, perhaps not quite the same as in other countries but if they (the rich and famous) want them they can easily obtain them.
Perhaps they lack the exposure to that kind of recreational activity or coping mechanism but I really don't think suicide is used as a replacement for drug abuse. |
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Steve_Rogers2008
Joined: 22 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
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In Korea the famous don't have the same access to drugs to drown their sorrows away. So instead of hearing of some actor OD and checking into some drug rehab clinic, or hanging themselves in some foreign country with drugs on the dresser counter, Korean actors just commit suicide. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carradine#Death
Now I'm sure they could do like the Carradine man, and arrange for some auto-erotic baeness in Thailand for kicks... hopefully they could do a bit better than Mr Kung-Fu did...  |
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PeteJB
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| Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Damn shame. |
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Goon-Yang
Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Duh
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| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:36 am Post subject: |
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| jvalmer wrote: |
Is it really that surprising? In Hollywood many actors OD, go on drinking binges, or steal. And probably for the same reasons Korean celebrities hang themselves.
In Korea the famous don't have the same access to drugs to drown their sorrows away. So instead of hearing of some actor OD and checking into some drug rehab clinic, or hanging themselves in some foreign country with drugs on the dresser counter, Korean actors just commit suicide. |
Are you serious? If I wanted to I could go to a place within 15 mins of here and watch people tweek out on Meth. BTW I live in a small Korean town. (pop @300k)
Almost all actors live in Seoul/big cities...so it'd be damn easy to get stoned. Hell...just go ask a foreigner. Supposedly we're all stoners. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| Goon-Yang wrote: |
| jvalmer wrote: |
Is it really that surprising? In Hollywood many actors OD, go on drinking binges, or steal. And probably for the same reasons Korean celebrities hang themselves.
In Korea the famous don't have the same access to drugs to drown their sorrows away. So instead of hearing of some actor OD and checking into some drug rehab clinic, or hanging themselves in some foreign country with drugs on the dresser counter, Korean actors just commit suicide. |
Are you serious? If I wanted to I could go to a place within 15 mins of here and watch people tweek out on Meth. BTW I live in a small Korean town. (pop @300k)
Almost all actors live in Seoul/big cities...so it'd be damn easy to get stoned. Hell...just go ask a foreigner. Supposedly we're all stoners. |
Is it really that easy to get narcotics? Dang if I know where. I don't think that many students partake in it like back home.
Anyways, the main point is that for every Korean celebrity suicide, you can find an American celebrity that knocked themselves off, or were found dead due suspicious circumstances. It doesn't surprise me, but for some reason it sure does surprise Koreans. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I love watching famous people crash and burn |
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charliebrown84
Joined: 29 Jul 2009
Location: Daegu, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Could it be possible that he was in the closet? The article says he was repeatedly saying sorry to his family. Being gay and having your family finding out is still a major cause of shame in Korea. Just a theory. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| A high suicide rate is a fairly good indicator of how crap a country is. Koreans, please take note. |
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shinramyun
Joined: 31 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| A high suicide rate is a fairly good indicator of how crap a country is. Koreans, please take note. |
Then japan also is a sh*t country.
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pkjh
Joined: 23 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Sad. |
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Jackiebear
Joined: 18 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:40 am Post subject: |
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| Its so sad. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:08 am Post subject: |
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| According to this:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10459061.stm he couldn't cope with seeing his father die of cancer. Suicides are always sad, but my heart breaks for his family, now faced with planning two funerals. |
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