Heath Ledger found dead

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  • KrazyMofo24
    KrazyMofo24 Posts: 1,210
    edited January 2008
    F1nut wrote: »
    My first thought was, who cares? Then I had a second thought, who cares?

    After two pages of responses about his death, and the story on every news channel, and you still ask yourself twice if anyone cares?
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited January 2008
    Who cares? When Brittany is a bigger story than a fed rate cut and our economy, I start asking a lot of questions, and I care!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,746
    edited January 2008
    KrazyMofo24 wrote: »
    After two pages of responses about his death, and the story on every news channel, and you still ask yourself twice if anyone cares?

    Because this person is a movie star, I'm suppose to care that his life ended!?! I don't think so. What makes his death any more important than the other X number of people that died today? Nothing, absolutely nothing!
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  • KrazyMofo24
    KrazyMofo24 Posts: 1,210
    edited January 2008
    No one asked you if you cared. You were asking why anyone would care, and there are plenty of reasons why another person would care . His death is not more important than anyone else's but thats not why someone would care.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,746
    edited January 2008
    It was an rhetorical question. :rolleyes:
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited January 2008
    Justin:

    Give his **** another week in the slammer!!! :D This time, put Bubba in there with him as he obviously didn't learn the first time!
    No excuses!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2008
    People care cuz he's familiar. Just like you care when someone you met a few times died, same thing. I don't think anyone's broken up about it but it's worth mentioning because you watch someone a few times in some movies and there's a familiarity.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    edited January 2008
    Face wrote: »
    Taken from: http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/ledger-did-not-kill-himself-says-family/2008/01/23/1201024937592.html?page=2

    Anyone who's taken Ambien will tell you, he has a problem. If I took two Ambiens(assuming he was prescribed the maximum dose), I would sleep for a minimum of 12-14 hours. It wouldn't surprise me if it was a accidental suicide. But, one that could have been easily avoided.

    After finding out it was Abien he was takeing I think it is more likely an accident. Abien is a VERY addictive and a VERY powerful drug. I am sure there are a ton of articles about it on the net. I was taking it for a while but had to quit taking it. It was to strong. One pill and I would get a good 10 hours of sleep. But I would feel bad the entire next day. Not to mention memory loss and the crazy things you do while on it. If I took it a little too early sometime I would walk around the house like a zombie and do stuff and have no idea the next day what I did. The point is if one pill was letting him get one hour of sleep than he has probably been abusing them to build up that kind of tolerence. So accidental or not it is still a shame. He should have know better.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2008
    I made some odd phone calls while on Ambien, and I have no recollection of any of them. :D
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,834
    edited January 2008
    Face wrote: »
    I made some odd phone calls while on Ambien, and I have no recollection of any of them. :D

    You sure did. By the way, that check I sent you for $100 cleared two weeks ago; where are those Mac amps you promised me?? ;)
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2008
    Of course...
    Never Forget
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2008
    I really hope there is a God and hell just so those **** at Kansas Baptist get sodomized by the devil for the rest of eternity.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • lancer
    lancer Posts: 26
    edited January 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I really hope there is a God and hell just so those **** at Kansas Baptist get sodomized by the devil for the rest of eternity.

    They are a bunch of nuts out there at that church.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited February 2008
    m00npie wrote: »
    I certainly feel bad for his family, but I have no sympathy for those that choose to take their own lives if that is the case. It is the most selfish act any person could do and quite frankly, it is the easy way out when the chips are down.

    At least once per month if not more, the Long Island Railroad will come to a halt because someone chose the easy way and walked in front of the train. I’m willing to bet that some of these folks had it a lot worse than this schmuck.

    Nailed that one m00npie.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited February 2008
    It was an accidental over dose not deliberate. He was sick, & wanted relief. He didn't stop to think that the number of pills he was taking & the combination of all of them together might have an adverse reaction or might kill him, he justed wanted to get some sleep.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2008
    I love how, from an autopsy alone, they think they know whether it was accidental or not. Unless they have the guy from Pushing Daisies working with them, we'll never know if he knew what he was doing would kill him.

    Though statistically, when a younger male kills himself, it's in a violent way (ie, gun, not pills).
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2008
    bobman1235 wrote:
    I love how, from an autopsy alone, they think they know whether it was accidental or not. Unless they have the guy from Pushing Daisies working with them, we'll never know if he knew what he was doing would kill him.

    Though statistically, when a younger male kills himself, it's in a violent way (ie, gun, not pills).

    I think they can tell quite a lot from the various toxicolgy reports. For instance they can probably tell if the pills were taken in relative small doses over a period of time or if they were taken in one large batch. One would be more indicative of suicide than the other. Assumptions yes...but still reasoned and justified assumptions.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2008
    Ambien, relatively speaking, is not very addictive.
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited February 2008
    OxyContin, Vicodin, Valium, Xanax and sleeping pills. Damn, what doctor prescribes all those together to one person? Probably multiple doctors, but still, something tells me Joe Six Pack off the street would have a hard time getting that cocktail legally.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2008
    It wouldn't be that hard, and his celebrity status certainly helped him.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited February 2008
    Shizelbs wrote: »
    Ambien, relatively speaking, is not very addictive.

    That's correct sir,, Hell, I've been taking it for years,,every night,, :p;)
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2008
    george daniel wrote:
    That's correct sir,, Hell, I've been taking it for years,,every night,, :p;)

    And you can stop anytime you want...just like that! Right? :p
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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited February 2008
    Sad, a loss all around , no matter who dies
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