Man Kills Himself Holding 'Tax The 1%' in Front of Capitol—and Nobody Hears About It

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27. The difference here

is that both men had established mental issues (per their families), with the younger man having an autism-related malady. That, IMHO, is different from someone making an ultimate sacrifice for a principle, with a clear conscience and mental faculty.

To give you an example - the postal worker who recently landed his gyrocopter at the Capitol to deliver "mail" to Congress about the need for campaign finance reform (another issue that relates to this OP's topic). It's obvious that this guy just sacrificed his postal career, pension, etc. And the sad part is that he also cited his son (who apparently committed suicide using a car a few years ago) as an impetus to pick an "important" issue to protest and call attention to the need for change.

Of course one could argue that this guy is probably suffering some depression as a result of what happened to his son, but in his case, he (the guy in the gyrocopter) didnt kill himself but essentially did almost all but with this act, particularly since he expected to be shot out of the air before reaching his target.