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Suicide, particularly of a public figure, is an interesting Rorsach test of sorts. It elicits a real variety of reactions.

When I first read Rusnak's posts, I thought of what an empathy lacking simple minded person he must be and felt sympathy. Then I remembered that suicide makes a lot of people angry. Rightfully so, in many cases. It is the ultimate selfish act but I do not necessarily say that in a condemning way- who has more of a right to say whether I live or die than me?

Empathy is the important quality that allows some of us to understand someone else's experience that is not like our own. People with empathy make the world a better place but they are being fought every inch of the way by people without empathy, across the globe.

I'm not going to try to explain depression or other psychological illness to people who have no interest in understanding the human condition. But I will tell you that you have no clue and would appear a lot smarter by staying mute.