S. Korean Leader's Suicide

I just read the news about the S. Korean leader who jumped to his death. I think it's best not to use words like "committed suicide". Committed? As in, committed a crime? The only crime which is not prosecuted.

The phrase "committed suicide" needs to go. It's on its way out because I say so, mark my words.

But it's really sad. It sounded like he was a good man and who knows...Did he know what he was doing or not in accepting the money? People can be tricky, and try to frame you to make it look like you're doing something you didn't realize was illegal or wrong. Especially if you've an enemy who just wants to bring you down because they're jealous of what you've accomplished or what you have to offer.

He was probably harassed to the point he felt there was no way out. The horrible thing is that he had a wife and children who needed him, no matter what.

I can understand suicide if you don't have people that care about you, or you don't have children you're leaving, but not when there are people who love you and have to carry the tragedy with them. The tragedy and the guilt of maybe wondering if they could have done something to prevent it.

I don't know. It's horrible.

I would take a harder look at what the prosecutors were doing to this guy and how they were harassing and abusing him. A wrong doesn't justify cruelty.

I was just reading, today, how Richard Thomlinson, former MI6 man, was unduly harassed and kicked out of multiple countries without good reason and how he or some felt the attacks were to drive him to kill himself.

These days, it's easier to get away with encouraging a suicide than it is to commit a murder.