Sure, hundreds of people commit suicide every day,* but most of them do it in pretty boring fashion. The usual gun barrel blowjob, Saddam Hussein necktie, bathtub wrist surgery, and of course, the vodka/sleeping pill cocktail no doubt account for a large percentage of these suicides. And people wonder why they go unnoticed. The closest anyone usually comes to doing something interesting is the superman routine off the building. And then the only reason people take notice is because of the big mess on the sidewalk. If you want your passage to the other side to get some attention, you've got to step it up and do something original, something newsworthy, something medieval. This guy had to make multiple trips to the store to buy enough supplies - hopefully he paid in cash, dead people have trouble paying back credit card debt - that he had to take several trips to carry it all to his chosen spot. He then took the time and energy to assemble a fully working guillotine, before bolting it to a tree and lopping his own head off executioner-style. Police Chief Dale Covert said "I can't even tell you how long it must have taken him to construct. This man obviously was very determined to end his life." This guy put so much work into the actual killing itself, he didn't even have the energy to write a note. Now that's dedication to your cause, although in this day and age, I'm surprised he didn't videotape it for youtube.
*Editors note: "Hundreds" might very well actually be anywhere from 3 to 13 million people. No research was actually done to determine the actual number of suicides per day
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