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As long as they are only harming themselves, it's their business. But cigarettes are an entirely different matter -- and I lost a brother at 54 and a sister at 58, both from cigarettes, and neither of them lived to see some of their grandchildren. I've always had a no-smoking policy in my home, which, in the 1970s, used to irk one of my brothers-in-law -- but as soon as his doctor insisted that he stop smoking, he no longer thought of me as a "jerk" (his word). But the tales I could tell of having no choice but to work side-by-side with smokers. Well, one: This secretary smoked non-stop and I had to set up a tiny fan to at least try to blow a little of the smoke back towards her. She constantly left cigarettes burning in her ashtray when she went to the ladies room. One day I could take it no longer, and went over and snubbed it out. She returned, carrying another lit cigarette, and hit the roof when she saw that the first cigarette was no longer burning. She flew into a rage and tried hard to get me fired ... for touching her property! Glad that common sense has replaced such insanity (in most work environments) in this country.
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I think there's more irony there than real humor. How ironic that a man who tried unsuccessfully to kill himself would be killed by the state for his "crime."
But is this an urban legend? Because I doubt that it would be a capital offense to TRY to kill yourself. And I think that most would agree that for the punishment to fit the "crime," they should, instead, keep him in jail for a long time.
As many problems as I have had with dan, I think some of you are going out of your way to give him a hard time with this. Whether we call it "funny" (odd, not humorous) or "ironic," I side with him: it's both.
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