I am responding Rose sorry and sorry for your problems at the moment but I have to say this you would expect someone in awful mental turmoil to inflict that on others and their selves ? That to me is selfish that that is what the living expect.
I did get through I was lucky some days I do wonder how.
Gorden was a Samaritans volunteer so knows the turmoil some in this situation go through.
You have your belief I respect that but I do not agree with it especially not in this situation.
He deserves respect in death as in life regardless of what he has done.

Edited to add I will not respond to any more negative posts regards this as it was a tribute to a funny and troubled man. Not a thread to argue about whether you feel what he did was right or wrong. I will not respond to any posts either way come to think of it as it was not put up for that reason.

I spent a happy hour or so in the bath last night with a glass of wine and my ipad watching the 'night at the met' which I found on youtube its in 5 parts and was every second as good as i remembered.

RIP Robin, he was an absolute legend.
It's so sad that for him, suicide was the only option out. But we weren't there with him, so we have no right to judge.

Rosebud, I'm responding also. It looks like I'm not the only one who can post horrid things and offend people because I find your posts offensive. I hope I'm the one you so proudly announced was on your iggy list, as this WILL offend you if you read it.

I find it laughable how when you post with negativity, opinionated rhetoric, personal judgment, assumptions, and/or lack of compassion (like you did here), you always want people to not respond.

You then jet off the thread/forum because you claim that you can't take criticism and are "sensitive" and you break down when people are "rude" to you, yet you try and get the last word. Strange, eh?

What I see is someone who can't STAND when people don't agree with them, and whines about being "attacked" when people disagree strongly. Once they see it will get ugly, they wait for their disagreeable/questionable opinion to be forgotten about before they come back to post. It reminds me of a teenager, and given your age... that is pretty pathetic.

You go making up things you thought were true about him and his life, you go saying this and that and you don't know him even the slightest. It's probably best to hold all that nonsense in your head in situations like this.

This is not the place for arguing, like Lynn said, but you need to understand that posting a comment like that here is inappropriate. It's like saying it on the stage at his funeral when asked to speak. You might think it, but for obvious reasons... it's best to not say it.

I actually can't believe you posted that on a thread trying to show sympathy and remembrance. THAT being said, I'm off this thread, as well.

My heart breaks that someone as beloved as he was both as a family member and as someone whom was adored by a great many of the population could not find a way out of the heavy darkness.

Rosebud, you stun me sometimes, you really do...

A little less judging and a bit more empathy for a tortured soul wouldn't go amiss quite frankly.

It must be so terrible to get into that deep, dark place where you believe the only option is the final one.

RIP Robin. May you finally find peace and may those you leave behind find the courage to accept and carry on

Exactly what I thought when I heard the news......

Bless him, I do not think he would have taken the ultimate step if he felt there was any other way. He sacrificed himself for those he felt he had let down, God rest his soul.

I have to say, coming from someone who is ALWAYS blessing people and making sure we all know how caring you are, the above post does not come from a caring nature.

You show a total lack of understanding on depression and how and does affect people...........

Rest in peace RW and my condolences to his family.

Gorden sent me this link today and I think it sums it up so well.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/b...re-not-selfish