A promising young stockbroker worried about losing his job in the City jumped to his death from a rooftop restaurant wearing his best suit and holding a glass of champagne.
Oxford graduate Anjool Malde walked into the eighth-floor Coq d’Argent in the City of London at lunchtime on Sunday, just two days before his 25th birthday, clad in a Hugo Boss suit. He then ordered a glass of champagne and made his way on to the roof terrace, before jumping to his death.
It seems that in the young suicide is more often viewed as the only way “out” because they simply don’t have enough life experience to realise things won’t always be as bad as they seem at the moment.
“things won’t always be as bad as they seem at the moment”
well Bart, did you read the article below this one by Roubini? It looks like they’re going to get worse. 🙁
Is the sad thing that he jumped or the vast hopelessness that he and so many more are burdened with? I assume that it is the vast hopelessness that modern society casts on people. It expects one to live without meaning and purposes directed at one’s self. Compare that to Jesus who sought those who were willing to die to themselves and live to God. Christians, even under the most horrific circumstances, seldom do themselves in because there is meaning in suffering in this world. We also know that our suffering is not permanent but Joy and glory are eternal.
Don
Very sad, but I was particularly struck by a couple of parts of the article that may tell more than the author intended about how a person can have much but be very empty:
“Style meant everything to him and that’s how he chose his exit.”
and
“On his Facebook profile, Mr Malde listed his main interests as ‘Las Vegas, tropical islands, financial markets, restaurants, nightclubs, property, Jacuzzis, steam rooms, saunas’. “
There’s a reason Roubini is called “Dr. Doom,” but that doesn’t mean he’s even mostly wrong. Balance sheet adjustments such as the current situation have traditionally been called depressions, and I expect this one to be no different. In some ways it could be worse than the ’30s depression because debt levels during the preceding bubble were so preposterous.
It is also an unusual event in that for the first time since 1837 we have the simultaneous collapse of [i]three[/i] bubbles: real estate, equities, and commodities. Most depressions involve only two. There is nevertheless cause for optimism if we return to some semblance of prudence. God’s wisdom on the matter is amply presented in scripture, but here’s a different angle …
Christ’s parable of the sower contains profound [i]economic[/i] wisdom for our time. Consider the four possible fates of the seeds:
1) Seeds fall on hard ground and are eaten by birds;
2) Seeds sprout in shallow soil, then quickly wither for lack of moisture to sustain them
3) Seeds sprout amongst thorns, and are choked out by the weeds
4) Seeds take root in fertile soil and flourish
In these challenging times, what business (or personal) activities, ventures, investments and developments fall into each category? What defines “fertile soil†in these times? It’s worth pondering, and is certainly a more productive pathway than suicide.