tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post4162272829550626594..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Roger: Let Indians commit suicideRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-23802385818271145182011-03-31T20:46:45.990-07:002011-03-31T20:46:45.990-07:00"Culturally sensitive programs? Are the India..."Culturally sensitive programs? Are the Indian casinos losing money out there? How about some cases of firewater? That would be just as much help."<br /><br />Hate for humanity rising.Anne Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05148305178005307467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-10210102079936303382011-03-30T21:19:46.936-07:002011-03-30T21:19:46.936-07:00I can't believe how callous and inhumane Roger...I can't believe how callous and inhumane Roger is. No doubt if one of his own children was suicidal he would be wanting the best mental health care money could buy. <br /><br />Burt said...<br />"Natives have a culture and existence that should be nurtured and celebrated from infancy through life. It is usually the adoption and conflictions of the dominant society that ignites suicide such as gangs, drugs, alcohol and violence."<br /><br />I agree Burt, which is why it is so infuriating when some (maybe many) in the dominant cultures then turns around and blames indigenous cultures for the situation (pretending that it's a big coincidence that indigenous from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand all grapple with the same issues and have all endured ugly, brutal histories of colonisation)Jainehttp://www.alivenotdead.com/jainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-5858835055213413262011-03-30T12:11:12.894-07:002011-03-30T12:11:12.894-07:00Like Anno said, "You Are (Not) Alone". O...Like Anno said, "You Are (Not) Alone". Of course, he wrote the original version of that franchise while coming out of his own suicidal depression.<br /><br />I remember feeling that way for reasons I won't get into here. But I did feel alone, and it felt like it wouldn't get any better.<br /><br />And of course, some of those suicides end up like Jeff Weise. I'm sure Roger thinks that's just more efficient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-4495599859966618552011-03-30T08:06:36.929-07:002011-03-30T08:06:36.929-07:00It is not enough to watch our children as they dev...It is not enough to watch our children as they develope into their youth as what we might deem mentally healthy. We should also watch them closely as they prepare to enter and leave adolescense as healthy adults prepared for the outside world, but we do not.<br /><br />As a former suicidal teen myself, I grew up in a time when there was no awareness, help or even talk about this subject at all, but I made it, and I made it only to become more involved with alcoholism.<br /><br />By having the attitude of, "Let Indians commit suicide," I can almost bet he feels the same way about all suicides, Indian or non-natives, because that attitude still exists. Sadly, one only changes their attitude when it happens close to home, but we do not wish for that no matter how ignorant or racist one is. All life is valuable, no matter how stupid. One can always learn and change their attitudes which is the law of evolution or life itself, but Americans in general get comfortable and too cozy with outdated archaic ideals and behaviors that only keep everyone in the primitive and ignorant state.<br /><br />Suicide prevention starts with the family, friends and community at large, something that might seem unreal in a cynical and callous society most deem civilized and the greatest nation on earth, but that is where the healing begins and ends.<br /><br />Natives have a culture and existence that should be nurtured and celebrated from infancy through life. It is usually the adoption and conflictions of the dominant society that ignites suicide such as gangs, drugs, alcohol and violence.<br /><br />I will never accept native people that harbor and include gangster thug mentality in native communities. It seems to say that being native is a weak existence, but being in a gang is a legitimate existence, but that is another story.Burtnoreply@blogger.com