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New Law Passed to Block Concert Suicide
Monday , September 29, 2003
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. "” The St. Petersburg city council passed a law Monday designed to scuttle a rock group' s plans to feature an onstage suicide.
The hard-rock band Hell on Earth had said that a suicide by a terminally ill person would take place during a concert Saturday to raise awareness of right-to-die issues.
In response, the city council met Monday morning to unanimously approve an emergency ordinance making it illegal to conduct a suicide for commercial or entertainment purposes, and to host, promote and sell tickets for such an event.
" While I still think it' s a publicity stunt, we still couldn' t sit idly by and let somebody lose their life," council member Bill Foster said.
Tampa-based Hell of Earth, known for such outrageous onstage stunts as chocolate syrup wrestling and grinding up live rats in a blender, created the furor by announcing the suicide would happen Saturday at the Palace Theater in downtown St. Petersburg.
But the theater' s owner, David Hundley, promptly canceled the band' s show, and another venue also turned away the event.
Band leader Billy Tourtelot has vowed that the concert and suicide will still take place at an undisclosed location in the city, broadcast live on the band' s Web site.
" This show is far more than a typical Hell On Earth performance," Tourtelot said in an e-mail last week. " This is about standing up for what you believe in, and I am a strong supporter of physician-assisted suicide."
A message left for Tourtelot was not immediately returned Monday.
A Florida law already makes assisting in a suicide manslaughter, a second-degree felony.
Hell on Earth is playing clubs in support of its independently produced album, " All Things Disturbingly Sassy."
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" This is about standing up for what you believe in, and I am a strong supporter of physician-assisted suicide."
I beg to differ. Its not about personal rights, its about the right to make money. What is sick/sad about this is; there are probably thousands of sickos out there who would pay to see this.
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i heard about this a few weeks ago , another sick thing is all of the sicko copy cats that this could stir up , what happened to the good old days when human life actually meant something ??!!
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Its already legal to kill a perfectly healthy unborn baby and it won' t be long until the euthanizing of our older sickly folks will be legal. America has seen its better days when we have to have laws against something like this. The sicko ******** that came up with this idea should have the needle layed to them.
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I agree, strut. Oregon legalized assisted-suicide back in 1997. It is easy to see where this can eventually go. Grandma, who has been diagnosed with cancer, may decide that she doesn' t want to be a burden to her children anymore and ends her life even though she has many good months left. Why let old Uncle Bob run his bank account down with medical bills? It would be much cheaper to just end it now. Besides, he' d probably want it that way. Never mind that there is still a chance he could recover from that stroke. It can---and very well may---go that far. We are seeing terrible things today that we never would have imagined being allowed.
The preciousness of life has been forgotten. The value of every minute that we have been given on this planet. The incredible things we can learn and teach to others, even to the end. Very sad.
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If that band really wants to make a statement in support of their beliefs, maybe they should set a group example--Have all the bandmembers commit suicide. Morons.
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This is going on right in my back yard. I heard an interview on the radio with this Billy Tourtelot and he sounds like a serious freak job. Had to do a google search on this guy and he looks the part. Funny how you never heard of him standing up for any " right to die issues" before all the publicity.
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As far as a terminally ill person goes that is there choice and who ever helps them do the deed. Sometimes the pain is to much to bare, and watching someone die on morphine is NO walk in the park. If there is ABSOLUTELY no help left then I believe it should be up to the person.
As far as this jacka** band making it a show and getting rich I agree with CalHunter, They should just do themselfs in. One less piece of sh** on the planet, making money off dead or dying folks.
Band Plans On-Stage Suicide During Concert....
