How sympathetic are you towards accidental drug overdoses?

m@cc@ · 26-04-2011 11:10PM #1

I have to say, part of me thinks if you play with fire, etc. Not that I wish death on them but I don't think I have as much sympathy as say someone who crashes their car due to an icy road.

(I'm not putting a poll in as I don't think it's a black and white question)

themadchef · 26-04-2011 11:13PM

I think im sympathetic to "accidental" anything tbh.

Dudess · 26-04-2011 11:13PM

Very - whatever about playing with fire, it's still a tragic and premature end to a life.

starbelgrade · 26-04-2011 11:13PM

I'm unsympathetic towards polls.

Kiera · 26-04-2011 11:15PM

If its someone taking a load of pills as a cry for help then i'm not sympathetic at all. If its someone who has taken something that doesnt agree with them ie. 'E' or coke with their mates then i'm a tiny bit sympathetic.

seanybiker · 26-04-2011 11:17PM

Don't feel bad for them at all

kfallon · 26-04-2011 11:17PM

themadchef wrote: »

I think im sympathetic to "accidental" anything tbh.

Wait til I piss your bed some night :eek: :pac:

bodice ripper · 26-04-2011 11:19PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bs7EqlLiSs

Brain Stroking · 26-04-2011 11:22PM

Very

Daegerty · 26-04-2011 11:25PM

These stories are usually about some young girl and after the overdose its all

"Dont you feel sorry for this poor misguided girl, her friends and the parents, so tragic" and it would be the drug dealers fault, the boyfriends fault everyone elses fault but the thick bitch who actually sat down and consumed the drugs that killed her.

Before the incident the girl would be just another annoying, rude young tearaway with no regard for those around her except maybe the few scumbags she hangs out with.

it always amazes me how the scummiest slybag in the world will be made out to be a salt of the earth lad after they craok it

Kevin Duffy · 26-04-2011 11:26PM

Kiera wrote: »

If its someone taking a load of pills as a cry for help then i'm not sympathetic at all. If its someone who has taken something that doesnt agree with them ie. 'E' or coke with their mates then i'm a tiny bit sympathetic.

In despair and cries for help = no sympathy

Knows the risks of illegal drugs and carries on anyway = sympathy

Really? Wow.

boatbuilder · 26-04-2011 11:28PM

Most people who do drugs know the risks.
No sympathy here I'm afraid.

jive · 26-04-2011 11:28PM

I have sympathy for those overdosing accidentally on prescribed and/or necessary drugs for medicinal purposes.

I don't have sympathy for those using recreational drugs who take too much. We are better off without those people. Although I do feel sympathy for their friends and especially their family.

Kiera · 26-04-2011 11:30PM

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

In despair and cries for help = no sympathy

Knows the risks of illegal drugs and carries on anyway = sympathy

Really? Wow.

"tiny bit" more. Cries for help are a load of me bollox. Will never feel sorry for people like that. But yeah if some silly fecker takes a load of pills cause their mates are and they kick the bucket then i'd feel a bit sorry for them. Not much mind you. Both are idiots imo.

Oh_Noes · 26-04-2011 11:30PM

I don't see the point of this. Sympathy makes no difference to anything whatsoever unless it's acted on.

Would the people saying they've less sympathy refuse to come to the aid of the person who's had the accident?

pragmatic1 · 26-04-2011 11:32PM

Does you line of reasoning extend to smokers, fat people, adrenaline junkies, etc, OP.

Venom · 26-04-2011 11:33PM

I have zero sympathy for those who die from the use of recreational drugs as the risks are so well known.

Dangerous Man · 26-04-2011 11:33PM

How could you possibly be unsympathetic to another human being who dies from an accidental overdose? It doesn't make any sense.

Kiera · 26-04-2011 11:35PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Does you line of reasoning extend to smokers, fat people, adrenaline junkies, etc, OP.

How do you overdose on smokes?

Logical Fallacy · 26-04-2011 11:36PM

boatbuilder wrote: »

Most people who do drugs know the risks.
No sympathy here I'm afraid.

Actually, i would dispute this. Most people who do drugs know the blown out of proportion bull**** that is touted by Government bodies as drug safety...very few people start taking drugs with adequate knowledge of the real dangers and safety issues of drugs.

The fact of the matter is that there is not enough proper information out there to keep people safe. The Irish Government in particular have been hammering the same model for donkeys years, which clearly is not working when it comes to stopping people experimenting with drugs.

pragmatic1 · 26-04-2011 11:37PM

Kiera wrote: »

How do you overdose on smokes?

By smoking too many. Duh.

Logical Fallacy · 26-04-2011 11:39PM

Kiera wrote: »

How do you overdose on smokes?

It actually doesn't take all that much nicotine to kill someone.

Kiera · 26-04-2011 11:39PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

By smoking too many. Duh.

Ok i'm still not getting this? You think if i sat here and smoked fags non stop for say 24hrs i'd die? Or how long would i have to do it for?

Oh_Noes · 26-04-2011 11:39PM

jive wrote: »

I have sympathy for those overdosing accidentally on prescribed and/or necessary drugs for medicinal purposes.

I don't have sympathy for those using recreational drugs who take too much. We are better off without those people. Although I do feel sympathy for their friends and especially their family.

We're not better off without Phil Lynott, Gerry Ryan (even though I was never a fan) and countless others.

Kiera · 26-04-2011 11:40PM

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

It actually doesn't take all that much nicotine to kill someone.

Yeah if you inject it!

gosuckonalemon · 26-04-2011 11:40PM

For those who are unsympathetic. Would you also be unsympathetic towards morbidly obese people who eat their way into an early grave? Not as sudden an OD but a self induced premature death through excess all the same..

And smokers dying from lung cancer for that matter, same premise..

Dudess · 26-04-2011 11:42PM

Daegerty wrote: »

These stories are usually about some young girl and after the overdose its all

"Dont you feel sorry for this poor misguided girl, her friends and the parents, so tragic" and it would be the drug dealers fault, the boyfriends fault everyone elses fault but the thick bitch who actually sat down and consumed the drugs that killed her.

Before the incident the girl would be just another annoying, rude young tearaway with no regard for those around her except maybe the few scumbags she hangs out with.

it always amazes me how the scummiest slybag in the world will be made out to be a salt of the earth lad after they craok it

I'd totally see it as their fault - I'm just not completely cold though.

themadchef · 26-04-2011 11:43PM

kfallon wrote: »

Wait til I piss your bed some night :eek: :pac:

If you're in my bed, píssing in it will be the least of your worries bukko! :pac:

Kevin Duffy · 26-04-2011 11:44PM

Kiera wrote: »

"tiny bit" more. Cries for help are a load of me bollox. Will never feel sorry for people like that. But yeah if some silly fecker takes a load of pills cause their mates are and they kick the bucket then i'd feel a bit sorry for them. Not much mind you. Both are idiots imo.

You do realise at the back of our horrific stats on suicide in Ireland are a lot of people who didn't cry for help, or did and found no sympathy? Now that's a load o' me bollix.

Two friends of mine growing up, one didn't cry out and paid the price, one didn't listen and paid the price. If I could talk to them now

Kadongy · 26-04-2011 11:46PM

Oh_Noes wrote: »

We're not better off without Phil Lynott, Gerry Ryan (even though I was never a fan) and countless others.

I thought Phil Lynott's death was caused [indirectly] by heroin withdrawal, which is the opposite to an overdose I suppose

I remember seeing his mother being interviewed talking about it. I might have remembered incorrectly, so if someone know for sure can verify this please do.

Naikon · 26-04-2011 11:46PM

It depends on the context surrounding the death. It's not enough to simply state "yes:no" because unusual factors which may have lead to the death may be present, whereas normally they would not. For instance, do you think you are less likely to overdose on a haste following a job loss?

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