Laurence Payne wrote:
On 29 Nov 2005 00:37:27 -0800, "peter"
wrote:

The original post was a thoughtful contribution about an upsetting
incident, and all the respondents seem able to do is bitch about
semantics, when the meaning was perfectly clear all along

The original included more implied sympathy for the effect on
witnesses than for the victim. It needed challenging.

What "victim"? It was the individual's choice to jump. The only people
adversely affected were the LU staff and others who had to clear up the mess
and the passengers who witnessed it.

I hope the poor soul who jumped got what he wanted.