Posted by JohnDoenut on July 11, 2002, at 23:36:19
In reply to Just a warning...., posted by Gracie2 on July 11, 2002, at 12:09:22
My response to the intial post is they should answer with: Dont do it!
I dont know who they allow to man the phones. I remember in college a friend of mine was a psych major and she did it. Then there was another guy I knew who seemed "normal" and did it. I figured that I was too messed up to do anything like that. Now I think that its the other messed up people that should be manning the phone cause they can relate and maybe help. I think at some point I would like to volunteer. Has anyone thought about trying it?
Anyway as far as the operator calling the police, I dont know. I dont understand a society that on the one hand doesnt seem to give a damn about people yet then try to stop them from killing themself. Why? To release them back into the wild? A society that has massive medical establishment beurocracy that makes it difficult for people to get proper help in a timely manner when they need it yet when its life or death they suddenly move into action. All those episodes of ER are plain bunk!!! I feel sometimes like we are living in the dark ages. That for all our so called medical and technological advances, in 500 years from now theyll look back in all this as so primitive.
Im not in a good mood now anyway if I sound it.JohnD
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