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So tragic and sad.
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Thread locked over there...
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The mistake I see people making is trying to analyze and draw conclusions through a filter of rational, logical thought. You can't do that in the case of someone who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. The inner workings of a mind like that are beyond the reach of normal, rational human beings.
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Repo can be a real dick sometimes.
His opinions are just as valid as anyone else's but he resorts to name calling when he disagrees with someone else. Shame shame. |
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My instincts are to stay away from "odd" situations, so I stopped posting over there a few years back. I have really good instincts, apparently... |
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Your history says otherwise |
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At this point, everything is speculation. For what it's worth, these are my thoughts...
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Also, I believe that she was still married/living her abusive (now) ex husband when Dan met her and they began dating. She has a history of not leaving an abusive situation. At least not right away. Not making a judgement here, just pointing out that this seems to be a pattern. So, I'm not surprised that they were still living under the same roof. Quote:
I'm sure that worsened as he became more isolated in his retirement AND after he had sold all his other toys. These were the things (in his mind) that defined him, specifically the material things. From his perspective, she was probably all he had left. Now she wants to leave him? No, that wasn't going to happen. Quote:
Certainly, it can be made worse by specific stressors. However, I would imagine that it had manifested itself here and there over the years. I suspect that there are probably coworkers, friends and family that have seen or suspected mental illness for much, much longer than the last year. Quote:
He retired 3 years ago at 53? Most public employee pensions will pay something like 90% of your salary - for life - at 33+ years of service, AFTER you pass age 55. Pretty standard...specially only being qualified to collect your full pension (highest percentage of annual salary allowed) after age 55. He voluntarily retires at just over 30 years of service, just shy of hitting the age of 55? After 30 years, what's another few years of service when it will increase your annual (pension) salary by several thousand per year? Not to mention that...they had plans on building the new house. Why didn't he participate in the DROP (Deferred Retirement Option Plan) program? Colorado has it. Most officers walk away with hundreds of thousands of dollars (lump payment) at the end of their participation in DROP. That's not an exaggeration. DROP seems like a no-brainer for someone that's thinking about building a new home. Early retirement when you're about to build a new home? That doesn't make any sense. Stranger things have happened, but the notion that his early retirement came voluntarily just doesn't sit right. It doesn't seem like a logical choice that would be made VOLUNTARILY. Especially when I think about him talking about his conflicts with the (at the time) new Chief of Police. I never had a problem with Dan. I didn't participated in the pile-on. I actually felt sorry for him, as he seemed to try so hard for validation from others...from strangers. We all do to an extent, I guess, but his was to the extreme. When you are searching so badly for attention and validation from external sources, there's something missing within/at home. I think a lot of us identified that long ago. While I will not say anything outwardly hostile or disparaging of him, I will also not dismiss what he did: Priscilla went to bed and went to sleep. Whatever was going on in his mind...he sat awake and festered over it. There was no arguing going on. This was no 'heat of the moment' crime. He sat. Thinking. Growing angry and upset about his awful life, whether real or perceived. What happened next? He went and got his gun, walked to the bedroom, stood over her as she slept, deliberately pointed the gun at her and shot her in the head. AS SHE SLEPT. He felt he had no future, but killing himself was not going to cut it. He made DAMN sure that she wouldn't have one, either. THAT is reality. I will not hurl insults or call him names. I will not hope for the damnation of his soul, as others have done. However, I won't be swayed by his apologists, either. |
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The hypocrisy of so many over there is sickening!
The treatment he received online was, well not very nice IMO! Yes, he was stuck on himself and all the goodies, including his wife. But the relentless beating in my opinion contributed to his decline in mental state! I'm NOT condoning his final act, but come on......... REPEAT:Scan the older thread linked here above, read post #64 For those of you that think Im an - Corvette Forum |
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Well said NAV. I woke up today and this event is the first thing that popped in my head. Definitely making me reflect and see how fortunate I am for my own life.
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Yes, sometimes people get beat on when participating in online forums. Sometimes it's warranted, other times maybe not so much. Have I gotten pissed off at some of the comments in this forum? Certainly. To say I just brush it off would be untrue. Sometimes things people say do piss you off. Here's where the relatively sound mind part comes in; I'm fairly certain I understand who and what I am. When I walk away from this computer, I leave this place behind and carry on with my life. I don't truck some shitty comments around with me all day. If someones mental state was compromised your scenario could impact them. |
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Even in the thread you posted, he was publicly airing his dirty laundry. And by virtue of his initial post in that very thread, he knew what the perception of him was. Only now, it was no longer perception. By his own admission, it was reality and had extended into his real life. Tell me: What exactly was the purpose of that thread? He wasn't humbling himself in that thread. It was a self-serving thread. He posted it as a gesture to Priscilla solely for the purpose of trying to win her affection back. That slice of humble pie was not posted in humility. It was posted out of desperation. Big difference. While I don't condone some of the comments made, people were calling it out for what it was. Well, guess what? If the complaint (from her) was that he was seeking validation from strangers on an Internet forum, that thread just reinforced everything point she was trying to make. It's like...are you fecking kidding me? One of my points of contention was that forum...and the first thing you do is run there to post about our failing marriage? Do you see where I'm going with this? |
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That is something he would have lived with since his youth. Sounds like his son is making a subconscious excuse he can live with.
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As a child, her family was held hostage by inmates... Her father was warden. I don't remember the end result of the situation. Quote:
He said there was no monthly payout for life, he retired with an account that he has to manage and make it last the rest of his life. I don't think the conflicts were with the new chief. He painted the picture that he got the chief he served under fired after he retired. He met with the mayor and got the ball rolling. |
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I think NAV is my long lost sister. Saying exactly what i was thinking but with much more articulation.
Bsmith, you are the like the forum historian, ****er remembers everything. |
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