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    'Suicide' Billboard Along NJ Highway Sparks Uproar



    HILLSIDE, N.J. (WPIX) - A large billboard on a stretch of a busy New Jersey highway endorsing the idea of suicide is causing quite the uproar with locals and passersby.

    The 15-by-49 foot billboard reading, "My Life. My Death. My Choice. FinalExitNetwork.org" was put up June 28 on Route 22 and faces eastbound traffic.

    The campaign -- which has also been launched in California and Florida -- is paid for by the Final Exit Network, a nationwide group that reportedly provides guidance to adults seeking to end a life of constant pain from incurable illness.

    The group claims both New Jersey and San Francisco were selected because a majority of people in the area would be open to the message. Organizers say Florida was picked because of its large elderly population.

    "Everyone has a right to make their own decisions," Colby Johnston, of Elmwood Park, told PIX 11 News. "We all make our own choices."

    However, not everyone is on board with the idea.

    "It's horrible!" exclaimed passerby Shonda Harris. "Why would you put up a billboard with such a immoral message? It should be taken down."

    So far, most criticism has come from suicide prevention counselors and the Catholic Church.

    It's not clear how long the campaign will last.

    http://www.wpix.com/news/local/wpix-suicide-billboard,0,224416.story

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    The campaign -- which has also been launched in California and Florida -- is paid for by the Final Exit Network, a nationwide group that reportedly provides guidance to adults seeking to end a life of constant pain from incurable illness.
    I though it was about suicide before I saw the actual sign. Catholic church? I am sick of those fuckers telling everyone how to fucking live. Mind your fucking Catholic business.
    I gotta sit through horrible pain and suffering cause of your invisible friend and book of rules you only follow 2 pages of? Fuck you to fucking Hell you fuck.
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    Re: 'Suicide' Billboard Along NJ Highway Sparks Uproar

    funny, they put it in a pretty affluent part of NJ.

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    I read that book they put out by the same title
    "Final Exit"
    I had no thoughts about committing suicide, but i was curious to read a manuel that gives step by step instructions on (supposedly) pain-less ways to kill yourself. Some interesting things in that book.

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    Re: 'Suicide' Billboard Along NJ Highway Sparks Uproar

    [quote author=Ron_NYC link=topic=26095.msg1672459#msg1672459 date=1279244472]
    I though it was about suicide before I saw the actual sign. Catholic church? I am sick of those fuckers telling everyone how to fucking live. Mind your fucking Catholic business.
    I gotta sit through horrible pain and suffering cause of your invisible friend and book of rules you only follow 2 pages of? Fuck you to fucking Hell you fuck.
    [/quote]
    LOL@'invisible friend'!

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    [quote author=snowfallsoon link=topic=26095.msg1681458#msg1681458 date=1280276437]
    LOL@'invisible friend'!
    [/quote]
    Hey, you claim he's your friend and he's right next to you, but I can't see, hear or touch him. Just sayin'.
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    [quote author=HockeyGirl link=topic=26095.msg1672954#msg1672954 date=1279296067]
    I read that book they put out by the same title
    "Final Exit"
    I had no thoughts about committing suicide, but i was curious to read a manuel that gives step by step instructions on (supposedly) pain-less ways to kill yourself. Some interesting things in that book.
    [/quote]Sounds interesting. I wonder the looks I would get picking that one up.

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    Re: 'Suicide' Billboard Along NJ Highway Sparks Uproar

    Is euthanasia on humans legal in one or two states?
    Like cancer patients, MS, ect.
    Scumbag, stop stalking me through the interwebs.

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    Re: 'Suicide' Billboard Along NJ Highway Sparks Uproar

    [quote author=Okkervils link=topic=26095.msg1681531#msg1681531 date=1280279856]
    Is euthanasia on humans legal in one or two states?
    Like cancer patients, MS, ect.

    [/quote]

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    Quote Originally Posted by bowieluva View Post
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    [quote author=Ron_NYC link=topic=26095.msg1681741#msg1681741 date=1280290257]
    Click Here
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    :lol: :lol:
    In my defense I was running out the door.
    That's fucking awesome though.
    Scumbag, stop stalking me through the interwebs.

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    Re: 'Suicide' Billboard Along NJ Highway Sparks Uproar

    [quote author=ICDEDPPL link=topic=26095.msg1681526#msg1681526 date=1280279691]
    Sounds interesting. I wonder the looks I would get picking that one up.
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    Probably the same weird looks i did.
    I was buying a book on how to commit suicide along with a Glamour Magazine and a Latte

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