Comments on: In Memorium - Edward McIntyre http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/in-memorium-edward-mcintyre/ Stupid Is As Stupid Eats Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:06:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: bill http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/in-memorium-edward-mcintyre/#comment-80161 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:34:10 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/in-memorium-edward-mcintyre/#comment-80161 it has been years since Eddie went away. i found out he was dead years later. he and iweren't friends. we knew each other through the work he did. i hated finding out about this. where's fernando? love, bill it has been years since Eddie went away. i found out he was dead years later. he and iweren’t friends. we knew each other through the work he did.

i hated finding out about this.

where’s fernando?

love,

bill

]]> by: NS http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/in-memorium-edward-mcintyre/#comment-385 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:08:17 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/in-memorium-edward-mcintyre/#comment-385 I lost one of my best friends when I was a sophomore in college, under similar circumstances: he was popular, smart, headed to med school, had everything going for him... except for the mental illness that propelled him to suicide. Over a decade later I can tell you that I still don't fully "understand" why I lost my buddy, and there's nothing wrong with you not understanding either. It is more a matter of acceptance. I accept that at the time he made that fateful decision, just like your friend Eddie, death was the only option he could see in the dark tunnel he found himself in. That tunnel was a product of his condition and it is something most of us do not experience because we don't have the same condition. May Eddie RIP. I lost one of my best friends when I was a sophomore in college, under similar circumstances: he was popular, smart, headed to med school, had everything going for him… except for the mental illness that propelled him to suicide. Over a decade later I can tell you that I still don’t fully “understand” why I lost my buddy, and there’s nothing wrong with you not understanding either. It is more a matter of acceptance. I accept that at the time he made that fateful decision, just like your friend Eddie, death was the only option he could see in the dark tunnel he found himself in. That tunnel was a product of his condition and it is something most of us do not experience because we don’t have the same condition. May Eddie RIP.

]]> by: Vanessa http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/in-memorium-edward-mcintyre/#comment-359 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:12:47 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/in-memorium-edward-mcintyre/#comment-359 That was a wonderful tribute. It is unfortunate that he is no longer with us in the natural. I am sure that his spirit will live on through the many people that he touched through his work in the community. That was a wonderful tribute. It is unfortunate that he is no longer with us in the natural. I am sure that his spirit will live on through the many people that he touched through his work in the community.

]]> by: TK http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/in-memorium-edward-mcintyre/#comment-346 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:14:48 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/in-memorium-edward-mcintyre/#comment-346 Ah, man. I hear what you're saying, and please believe that I say this with the best possible intentions: sadly, sometimes it is as horribly simple as a problem with the genetic wiring. It's baffling to think of or comprehend, and a struggle for the individual that we can never understand. Anyway, best to you, yours and his especially. Ah, man. I hear what you’re saying, and please believe that I say this with the best possible intentions: sadly, sometimes it is as horribly simple as a problem with the genetic wiring. It’s baffling to think of or comprehend, and a struggle for the individual that we can never understand.

Anyway, best to you, yours and his especially.

]]> by: High Priestess Kang http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/in-memorium-edward-mcintyre/#comment-342 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:36:50 +0000 http://abowlofstupid.com/personal/in-memorium-edward-mcintyre/#comment-342 Aaaah grasshopper. It is because chronic, clinical depression defies all laws of reasoning and rationale. There is a little demon, mocking us all, drawing us towards the darknes. Slowly but surely. Like a junkie to a drug. What I think most people cannot understand is that it is not personal, this taking of one's life. It is, at times, the only solution. I am very sorry for your loss. I hope his family, his friends and you come through this without too much agony. For as cheap as it sounds, he's at peace now. You should find comfort in that. Kram! Aaaah grasshopper. It is because chronic, clinical depression defies all laws of reasoning and rationale. There is a little demon, mocking us all, drawing us towards the darknes. Slowly but surely. Like a junkie to a drug.

What I think most people cannot understand is that it is not personal, this taking of one’s life. It is, at times, the only solution.

I am very sorry for your loss. I hope his family, his friends and you come through this without too much agony.

For as cheap as it sounds, he’s at peace now. You should find comfort in that.

Kram!

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