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I Know Someone Who Committed Suicide

I still find myself wondering about a situation I encountered years ago.

I was at a party. A writer was there who had once won a Pulitzer prize back during the Depression era. I knew that both of his two sons had committed suicide 10 years apart. He was divorced but on good terms with his ex-wife.

I saw him standing and talking quietly with two men. It was a serious conversation. As I passed by, I heard him say to the two men, "You know, both of my sons committed suicide and they both left notes blaming it on me." He spoke in a voice of solemn pride.

The two men nodded their heads slowly and respectfully. They looked at him with quiet admiration.

What could make a man proud of driving his sons to suicide? Or at least writing notes blaming him? And what made the two men listening so respectful?

(For context, you can read about the elite deviant world I grew up in under: I Wan To Know What Is Behind My Family's Lies and Secrets).
berangere · 80-89, F
May be he was an important man in those cowardly men's eyes.
berangere · 80-89, F
@greenmountaingal: It seems they were so driven by their ideology that they sacrificed what was dear and near to them to achieve their agenda.Like the man talking about his two sons committing suicide,probably because of that agenda. They lost a sense of balance and their being driven became form of insanity.
greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
@berangere: I agree with that. The psychological term for this type of sociopath is: Elite deviance, the belief that one's conduct falls outside the usual laws and rules and is fully justified by one's beliefs or affiliations.
berangere · 80-89, F
@greenmountaingal: Exactly,well put!
Invisible · 26-30, M
What a nut
greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
And the two men listening and nodding? I grew up around these people and they were all elite deviants but not outright crazy.

 
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