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SSG Environmental Specialist
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Free speech does not mean you will not face consequences for that speech.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
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True - but does this set a precedent that if you tell someone "go kill yourself" and they do you are now responsible for their death? Even if it was a joke? Or what about when someone tells a person "go play in traffic." What happens if they do and get hurt - should you be liable for that?
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Maj John Bell
Maj John Bell
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff - My mother whom I loved dearly, was prone to occasional bouts of melodrama. One day she said to me, my brother, and my sister "You'll all be happier when I'm dead!"

My brother did even blink, he went to the tool box, grabbed a box cutter, and placed in the table in front of her.

My sister explained to her to make the cuts lengthwise, so they couldn't be closed up.

I, feigning outrage, said "Enough, this is all wrong! Stop it!! Mom.................(long pause with plenty of dirty looks at all), if you are going to kill yourself can you do it near the rose bed, I believe the blood and the urine when your bladder voids are good for the flowers. Plus I don't have a mop and bucket to clean up if you do this inside."

Everyone, including Mom, laughed their asses off. But you have to know your audience.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
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Maj John Bell - So let's say that scenario happened today - and after this verdict. You and your siblings could be charged with her death. That's the point being made. I think this woman was a real sick piece of shit to push her boyfriend, who obviously was mentally unstable, and repeatedly tell him "Just kill yourself" even after he said "no I don't want to." But should she be charged with his death? No.
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Maj John Bell
Maj John Bell
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff - If you read my first comment I'm on board with you 100%.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Maybe not jail, but a mental institution. Sounds like her mind has a few loose screws.
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I don’t think she has any screws
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