Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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Ms Kuo Mei-hui, 64, fell from the roof of a five-storey apartment building in Chungho city near Taipei at about 2pm last Saturday, the Liberty Times reported. She landed on 53-year-old Ms Lee Mei-yun, who was returning home with her husband, the report said. Ms Lee had moved below the building's awning to avoid an oncoming vehicle, only to have Ms Kuo land on her instead. Both women fell to the ground and were seriously injured. Ms Lee later died in hospital from a brain haemorrhage, while Ms Kuo survived. A report in the China Post quoted Ms Kuo's neighbours as saying that she had been ill for a long time and had attempted suicide several times. Taiwan has one of the highest suicide rates in Asia. Last year, more than 3,900 Taiwanese killed themselves, an average of one suicide every two hours. | ||||||||||
Issue raised: What do you think of the above article? Was it fair for Ms Lee to die in this manner? Do you think Ms Kuo should be punished for her wrongdoing? Do you think Ms Kuo is at fault? What are the reasons to support your claim?
37 comments:
i think its unfair to Ms lee as she die for nothing.maybe Ms kuo should pay her famaly some money or let her go jail.and Ms lee family will be very sad.and i Ms kuo should be punish because of her silly act.she should not have tried to kill herself in the beginning.the life is important than everything.
I think this article is really sad and is very outrageuos.It was really unfair for Ms Lee to die in this manner because of Ms Kuo who was trying to commit suicide.I think Ms Kuo should be punished for her wrongdoing. All I could think of is to sentence her to death or to prison.I also think that Ms Kuo is at fault.Not only Ms Kuo but Ms Lee too.Since Ms Kuo has a lot of problems,why didn't she go for counselling before she does anything even worst.If Ms Kuo fall,Ms Lee should look out any dangers which might go against her.It was really unfair for her to die in this manner and why Ms Juo has to commit suicide?Instead,she did not hang herself.That's pretty odd. Ms Kuo should be punished after she has recovered.Or maybe,from my point of view,I think Ms Lee was trying to save Ms Kuo from lading to the ground.
I too think it is unfair to Ms.Lee.
If Ms.Kuo wanted to commit suicide,she should have first thought about what she was about to do and if it will cause other people to suffer or get hurt.Although Ms.Kuo took away Ms.lee's life,i do not feel that she should be punished.She must have been under great pressure and was not able to think clearly at that moment.Thus,resulting in her committing such a rash act.I do not blame Ms.Kuo and maybe,she will now learn to treasure life.
I think Ms Kuo should not commit suicide as life is precious. she is selfish and never think of how her family members feel . there is people who care for her.Ms lee died because of Ms Kuo selfishness . she should not be resting in peace.Ms kuo should go to her grave and visit her as its her fault for trying to suicide. If Ms Lee family is poor,Ms Kuo should buy things for her family to repay what she had done wrong . She must think over what she had done by trying to suicide to escape from suffering .
It wasn't very fair for Ms Lee to just die in this manner like that, her life ended so suddenly, she was merely returning home with her husband. She was only fifty-three. Both of the women were seriously injured, but Ms Lee died due to a brain haemorrhage, at least Ms Kuo survived. Ms Kuo should do something about Ms Lee's death, rather than trying to attempt suicide for a number of times. She should maybe help out with the death of Ms Lee. It was such a tradegy for Ms Lee. I don't think Ms Kuo should be punished either, she didn't knew she'll land on Ms Lee. Afterall, they're just coincidence. Ms Kuo isn't at fault, but she was wrong, when she wanted to give her life away. Perhaps it was a miracle for Ms Kuo, but a tragedy for Ms Lee. Maybe Ms Kuo had a reason to suicide, so she shouldn't be punished for her wrongdoing, but she caused someone's death, she shall reflect from there.
I think Ms Kuo should not commit suicide as life is precious. she is selfish and never think of how her family members feel . there is people who care for her.Ms lee died because of Ms Kuo selfishness . she should not be resting in peace.Ms kuo should go to her grave and visit her as its her fault for trying to suicide. If Ms Lee family is poor,Ms Kuo should buy things for her family to repay what she had done wrong . She must think over what she had done by trying to suicide to escape from suffering .
I think the above article was rather brief. The passage was short and not very detail. Anyway, It was definitely unfair for Ms lee to die in this manner as she has nothing to do with the suicide attempt. Instead, Ms kuo should be the one who'd have died. Besides that, Ms kuo should also be punished for her wrong doing as suicide is not the only choice to resolve her problems. Her suicide attempt has caused two problems now. She's not only failed to commit suicide but also caused an innocent death of Ms Lee. At such a situation, I think both Ms Kuo and Ms Lee are at fault on respective areas. For Ms Lee, she shouldnt have walked below the building's awning as it pose certain dangers that she should have known. As for Ms Kuo, firstly, she shouldn't have chose commiting suicide to solve her problems and secondly, she should have look out for the suicide locations as she shouldnt have caused one more death of an innocent passerby like Ms Lee.
I think that it was unfair that Ms Lee died this way.If i were the judge for this case I wolud give Ms lee's family and give Ms kuo few years in jail and send her for counciling.Ms kuo really should have think twise before she ever did that jump of the roof top and killed Ms Lee who is innocent.There should be a law place for people who want to commit suicde and this should protect the innocent people.
I think the law there is not very strict. No offence but,the article said that Ms Kuo has tried to attempt suicide for several times. Taiwan has the highest rating of people attempting suicide.I don't think it is fair to Ms Lee,who was just avoiding an incoming vehicle and was being landed on by Ms Kuo.Worse of all,Ms Kuo survived the crush and Ms Lee died.Ms Kuo should be punished. She tries to die by committing suicide so many times and yet nobody stops her from doing it.It is her fault and she shouldn't have tried to kill herself in the beginning.
I think that the article has a different case in which it involves a suicide. Unfortunately, the person killed another person.And I really feel that its unfair to Ms lee who has died for no reason.Her family is going to have a bad time.And at the same time, it's really going to be a great lost for her family.I think that Ms kuo must be punished as commiting suicide is punishable by law.And she did not only commit suicide but killed a lady.As it really matters, a life is gone.
I think it's not fair for Ms Lee as she was innocent and died because of Ms Kuo's silly act . Maybe Ms Kuo should be punished as she has killed an innocent passer-by . I think Ms Kuo is at fault because if she didn't attempt suicide , she won't kill a passer-by .
This is a correction to Junkang's post. (Grammatical & Spelling Errors)
I think it's unfair to Ms lee as she has died for nothing. Maybe Ms Kuo should pay her family some money or be put behind bars. Ms Lee's family will be very sad. Ms Kuo should be punished because of her silly act. She should not have tried to kill herself in the beginning because life is more important than anything.
Yes, I agree with you Junkang. You have improved a little but you still need to make some efforts to check your grammar and spelling.
I think this article is really sad and outrageous.It is really unfair for Ms Lee to die in this manner because of Ms Kuo's doing. I think Ms Kuo should be punished for her wrongdoing. All I could think of is to sentence her to death or to put her behind bars. I also think that Ms Kuo is at fault.Not only Ms Kuo but Ms Lee too. Since Ms Kuo has a lot of problems,why didn't she go for counselling before the problem worsens.If Ms Kuo fall,Ms Lee should look out for any dangers which might happen on her.It was really unfair for her to die in this manner and why Ms Kuo has to commit suicide? Instead,she should have hung herself.That's pretty odd. Ms Kuo should be punished after she has recovered. Or maybe,from my point of view,I think Ms Lee was trying to save Ms Kuo from dying. Edited by Ms Tang
Nadia, I agree that Ms Kuo should be guilty because of her wrongdoing. However, I don't see the reason why Ms Lee should be blamed as well. Ms Lee, did however tried to move away from danger by avoiding an oncoming car coming towards her. It all happened in that split second. She wouldn't have had time to know what would have landed on her.
I think it is unfair to Ms Lee.
If Ms Kuo wanted to commit suicide,she should have first thought about what she was about to do and if it will cause other people to suffer or get hurt, she should have sought after other alternatives to kill herself. Although Ms.Kuo took away Ms.Lee's life,I do not feel that she should be punished.She must have been under great pressure and was not able to think clearly at that moment. Thus,resulting in her committing such a rash act.I do not blame Ms.Kuo. Maybe,she will now learn to treasure life. Edited by Ms Tang
Shannon, when one is in an emotionally unstable mind, he or she would not be able to think properly. Ms Kuo did however, tried to commit suicide but it failed time and again. Perhaps it is just God's will.
Zi Eng: I think Ms Kuo should not commit suicide as life is precious. She is selfish and never think of how her family members will feel . There are people who cared for her. Ms Lee died because of Ms Kuo's selfishness. She will not be able to rest in peace. Ms Kuo should go to Ms Lee's grave and pay respects to Ms Lee as it was her fault for trying to commit suicide but instead killed Ms Lee. If Ms Lee's family is poor,Ms Kuo should offer to repay for what she had done wrong. She must think over what she had done by trying to attempt suicide to escape from her problems and sufferings. Edited by Ms Tang
Zi Eng, I totally agree with you. Remember to use 'it's' rather than 'its'...as 'its' stands for itself and 'it's' stands for it is. There is a difference.
Valencia: It wasn't very fair for Ms Lee to just die in this manner, her life ended so suddenly, she was merely returning home with her husband. She was only fifty-three. Both women were seriously injured, and Ms Lee died due to a brain haemorrhage. Ms Kuo should do something about Ms Lee's death, rather than trying to attempt suicide for a number of times. She should maybe help out with Ms Lee's family or make amends. It was such a tragedy for Ms Lee. I don't think Ms Kuo should be punished either because she didn't know she would land on Ms Lee. Afterall, that was just a coincidence. Ms Kuo wasn't at fault, but she was wrong, when she wanted to give her life away. Perhaps it was a miracle for Ms Kuo, but a tragedy for Ms Lee. Maybe Ms Kuo has a reason to attempt suicide, so she shouldn't be punished for her wrongdoing, but because she has caused someone's death, she should reflect upon her wrongdoing. Edited by Ms Tang
Valencia, I agree with you that this was such a coincidence. To me, because I believe it may be just Heaven's will that Ms Kuo should carry on living rather than to kill herself.
Its is too selfish because of her jump n she make Ms Lee died too.its is unfair to Ms Lee because did not do anythink wrong and just died for no reason.Ms Kuo should repay Ms Lee for injurting her.And not just that,must pay hosptial bill for her,take care about her.Beacuse its she make her injured until staying at hospital.She can say was ulucky, died.But Ms Kuo was not so unlucky n she didn't died.So its abit making people die because of her.its not worth.Everyything was just Ms Kuo fault,if not her jump,i think now Ms Lee also wont die during she hit on her.I think she should really do something about Ms Lee so that she wont be totally hit by her and still nid pay the hospital bill by herself.Ms Kuo family should pay the money for her and must say a very big sorry to Ms Lee for been hitting on her and end up like this.
I think its unfair for Ms Lee to die in this manner. Ms Kuo is the one who should be punished for her wrongdoing. In the first place, Ms Kuo should not have attempted to commit suicide. She should have talked to her family and sort out all the problems. She should be considerate to other people. She should think first before she do anything silly. Ms Kuo should have been sent to the prison for what she've done. In my point of view, accidents may occur everywhere. Everything is in the God's hand.
i think Ms Kuo is being very selfish.Because she wants to commit suicide but in the end she cause Ms Lee to die.Ms Kuo should be punished for her action.As Ms Lee was a victim of this whole commit suicide thing.i think Ms Lee was being kind to trying to hold on to Ms Kuo when she's falling or i can say commiting suicide.Ms Kuo should be jail and at the same time have counselling because her thinking seem very bad to me.i hope after this incident,she can learn that life is very precious and life does not hav second time.
i think this article was very sad to Ms Lee because she is innocent
,she even never do any things, But she was die. i can fair Ms lee die maybe this is her destiny nobody can stop it, I thing Ms kuo must to get the punished because no one knows who is the next victim, If one day when you come back home then one person take your life away, your family will be very sad and the point is she should not try to kill herself if she chose to end her life with her own, the problem still there by th way the life is the most important than anything, maybe Ms Kuo try to change herself after this accident.
i think this article was very sad to Ms Lee because she is innocent
,she even never do any things, But she was die. i can fair Ms lee die maybe this is her destiny nobody can stop it, I thing Ms kuo must to get the punished because no one knows who is the next victim, If one day when you come back home then one person take your life away, your family will be very sad and the point is she should not try to kill herself if she chose to end her life with her own, the problem still there by th way the life is the most important than anything, maybe Ms Kuo try to change herself after this accident.
The above article is abit wrong as Ms Kuo should die rather than Ms Lee as it was Ms Kuo wanted to die . Ms Kuo should the one who is dying rather than Ms Lee as she is innocent wherelse than is always a future in everyone of us , we cany even predict the future , as it was unpredictable .
i think this article was very sad to Ms Lee because she is innocent
,she even never do any things, But she was die. i can fair Ms lee die maybe this is her destiny nobody can stop it, I thing Ms kuo must to get the punished because no one knows who is the next victim, If one day when you come back home then one person take your life away, your family will be very sad and the point is she should not try to kill herself if she chose to end her life with her own, the problem still there by th way the life is the most important than anything, maybe Ms Kuo try to change herself after this accident.
I think that this article makes one shake his or her head after reading it.Its just totally ridiculous to take your own life when some people out there just want to live like how we are living now!They are in a worst state and they don't even complain , they still cherish their lives like they should.Some people just don't know how lucky they are to be alive.I think we take things for granted and that is why things like this happen.If we all learn to cherish our lives and be contented,nothing like this will ever happen.Frankly speaking, i think that Ms Kuo was being very inconsiderate and foolish to commit suicide.Some think that if you die,your problems will be solved,fade away.Well,yes the problems you were facing will be gone because when you die,you die.But,you will be the problem,the grieve of your family.I think that it was very unfair for Ms Lee to die in such a tragic way.Ms Lee never wanted to die or expected to die on that fateful day,but she had to pay for Ms kuo's actions.Logically Ms kuo should be punished,but on the other hand,we must acknowledge that Ms Kuo did have a hard life,therefore she felt stressed up and wanted to find the easy way out without much thought as she couldn't think straight at that point of time.For me,I think that she need not be punished because she has her own set of problems and because there is something else that will haunt her for the rest of her life,her conscience and it is one of the greatest punishments!So, We all should treasure what we have and be thankful.We should spend every moment of our lives learning and aiming to do our best.Every minute is important and since we are all still young,let's not make mistakes take will make us regret and haunt us for the rest of our lives.Live life to the fullest and make our youth days fruitful days.Let's enjoy life while we still have the chance!
I think this incident is very unfair to Ms Lee as she is innocent party.
She was merely walking and yet she was killed. I think this is her destiny so nobody can prevent this incident from happening. I think Ms Kuo must be punished because no one knows who or when her next victim. Imagine that one day when you were supposed to return home and your life was taken away abruptly, your family will be very sad. They did not even have to chance to say goodbye to her.
The fact is that Ms Kuo should not try to kill herself. Even if she chose to end her life on her own, her problems would still be there.
Moreover, a person's life is the more important than anything. Maybe, Ms Kuo should try to change herself after this accident. She should learn to be brave to face her problems and face the punishment by law.
I think it is unfair that Ms Lee had to die like that.Why does Ms Kuo have to commit suicide?I do not get it.If she has problems,she should go to counselling or something.I think Ms Kuo should be punished.Like a few years in jail.She should not have tried to kill herself in the first place as life is more important than anything(besides from your family).
First time seeing the persistence of heaven's will. Well, this might be a cruel thing to me. It's just seem so unfair for the passer by. She doesn't seem to have the choice to live, but rather, to be dead. By either ways. She have to be dead.
Well, killing your own self isn't wrong. But, you do need to think about others. But i doubt, she'll never know that she'd kill her. It's just fated to be that way, i think.
Anyway, what's the use of punishing her? She'd rather kill herself, AGAIN. For, i wouldn't think she would want to get punished because of fate.
It's such a cruel thing. I mean, the person who don't wish to be dead, shall be dead in the end. While the person who doesn't want to be dead, survived. It's just so not fair for her husband.
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Well , I think Ms Lee should at least go to the MH(mental hospital) or go to jail or even death . For no reason , a passer-by just get killed , cause of some peoples un-mature thinking . It is not like the end of the world ? Everytime can be solved , why must jump down the building ? The least she can do is to go to the funeral , or even give the family some money for their lost , although money can't buy her back , but at least it can help abit for the family . She should really wake up from your stupid act .
The article is quite sad as an innocent live is gone just a moment.It was not fair for Ms Lee to die in this manner due to the carelessness of Ms Kuo action.I think that Ms Kuo should be punished for her wrongdoing as she should not commit suicide.She should know that running away from it will not solve the problem.So she should treason her life properly.I think that Ms Kuo is also at fault.She should do something meaningful for her own uses and not choose to end her life.And although she is ill,she should not think too much about it as it will cause her that her staying in the world will be meaningless.Due to Ms Lee carefulness,she is the savior of Ms Kuo as she save her.This will result in one death instead of two death.
This article is seriously crazy and it's my first time reading about this 64-years-old woman jumps down from a rooftop and she survives from it.
Eventhough that this was such a miracle, she's already murdered Ms.Lee and it's really not fair for Ms.Lee to die just for nothing and also,Ms.Kuo should be punished for her wrong doing from the law as what i have already mention above; she's already murdered Ms.Lee and also it's really not fair for Ms.Lee's husband. Moreover, seems that Ms.Kuo didn't treasured her life that well.
So then,if Ms.Kuo wanted to commit suicide, why won't she do something else to kill herself like taking alot of pills which have such a high dosage or hang herself rather than jump from the rooftop cause it would be safe for the passer-by to walk through the lane.
Anyway,hopefully Ms.Kuo learns her lesson very much and if she wanted to commit suicide again and if she wanted to use the same method, she should think again and try on other method which had mention above or best still, find a trustworthy person or go to the psychiatrist to talk too.
Shaokai: I think Ms Kuo should not commit suicide as life is precious. She is selfish and never think of how her family members feel . There are people who care for her. Ms Lee died because of Ms Kuo's selfishness. She should not be resting in peace. Ms Kuo should go to her grave and pay her respect as it's her fault for trying to commit suicide. If Ms Lee's family is poor,Ms Kuo should buy things for her family to repay what she had done wrong . She must reflect on what she had done by trying to attempt suicide to escape from her sufferings. Edited by Ms Tang
Shaokai, you have to remind yourself not to write small capital letters when starting a sentence. Keep it up and continue to improve.
Truely i think the above article is very very very unfair and rather stupid, thinking that this type of things even happen! but its also very sad for Ms Lee as she really dont deserve to die.
It is not even nearly fair for ms Lee to die is this manner, it was in fact extremely unlucky for her to die in this manner. Truely i think yes and no. Ms kou was emotionaly unstable and she might not even know what she was doing and thought that commiting suicide would settle her problems, not only thinking that it would make it worse. But at the same time she got unlucky, instead of killing herself, she killed someone else. So i think that we should let the family of ms lee choose what to do.
Jeanne: I think the above article was rather brief. The passage was short and not very detailed. Anyway, it was definitely unfair for Ms Lee to die in this manner as she has nothing to do with the suicide attempt. Instead, Ms Kuo should be the one dead. Besides that, Ms Kuo should also be punished for her wrongdoing as suicide is not the only choice to resolve her problems. Her suicide attempt has caused two problems now. She's not only failed to commit suicide but also caused an innocent death. At such a situation, I think both Ms Kuo and Ms Lee are at fault on respective areas. For Ms Lee, she shouldn't have walked below the building's awning as it pose certain dangers. As for Ms Kuo, firstly, she shouldn't have chose commiting suicide to solve her problems and secondly, she should have look out for the suicide locations as she shouldn't have caused one more death of an innocent passerby like Ms Lee. Edited by Ms Tang
Jeanne, keep it up.
Well , I think Ms Lee should at least go to the MH(mental hospital) or go to jail or even death . For no reason , a passer-by just get killed , cause of some peoples un-mature thinking . It is not like the end of the world ? Everytime can be solved , why must jump down the building ? The least she can do is to go to the funeral , or even give the family some money for their lost , although money can't buy her back , but at least it can help abit for the family . She should really wake up from her* stupid act .
At first, I thought that it was unbelievable and unusual. It is not fair for Ms Lee to die at this manner because she is only an innocent passer-by and did not deserve to die. Ms Kuo should be punished because she has killed an innocent woman with her foolishness. She should not think of dying and causing others to die for her recklessness. She should be counseled and be aware of how precious a life is and hopefully will deter her mind away from committing another suicide. It is sad that Ms Lee have to die and her loved ones are suffering from it. I hope that even though Ms Kuo has taken an innocent life, she will be forgiven. Everyone makes mistakes and will have room for forgiveness, it is the mistakes that made us an even better person because what we learn from them will give us a better future.
I think that this article is really very upset.I think Ms Lee is not fair no die in this manner becasue MS kuo want to commit suicide but it happen to land on her and she died but Ms Kuo never.I think Ms Kuo should be punished beacuse she should not do this because they miight be other things that would happen.Exapmele is landed on people.I think Ms Kuo is at fault.I think ms kuo would be sad that she never die and somemore causing other people to die beacuse of her.Ithink Ms kuo should giv her family money.
i think that ms kuo was wrong jumping off the building & she also commited suicide quite a few times, and maybe by this time, she will understand that if she wants her death to come, she will affect others too, but ms kuo was not totally in the wrong and yes, i repeat, was NOT. Why? because what had drove her to what she did today was not totall her fault as there are people who made her cross over the line, they have not find out more about her family background too. For ms lee, its unfortunate, and its quite heartbreaking to lose a innocent soul like ms lee but sometimes you will have to face it, its reality.
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