11-09-2005, 05:55 AM
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The story of R. Budd Dwyer
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11-09-2005, 09:33 AM
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Quite remarkable, both that it happened and that I'd never heard of it before.
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12-09-2005, 12:03 AM
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I read it too. I was going to say something but with a story like that the words just kind of jam up.
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Shouldnt have removed it Pommie. Certainly one of those things enough to drive a person to a desperate point of no return.
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12-09-2005, 06:24 AM
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The main problem is that this post was put up while a lot of posters were following the Ashes thread, and hardly anyone was at off-topic.
I read it quickly though - a sad story, and I went to wikipedia, and off the article about this guy was a related link about a newsreader that killed herself on air. Actually, that was even sadder. I was going to say that Dwyer comparing himself to a modern-day Job was a bit over the top, but then I realised what a strange thing that would be to say given what he did next... Anyway, if people want to read about it, here's the wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer
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12-09-2005, 08:02 PM
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Put it back up so we can have a look
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