Sting of the Bumblebee posted by Richard Seymour

I check out technorati from time to time, just to see who has been kind enough to advertise my thoughts. I find, this time, that I have the attention of someone who describes him/herself as a "bumblebee" . He/she works in the banking industry, and would appear to be embittered by the experience if the following post on Suicides in the City of London is any guide:

Passengers [on the tube] have become increasingly accustomed to hearing the announcement that there are delays on the Central Line due to " a passenger under the train". It is rush-hour, you are desperate to go home, change your clothes, have a pee and relax, but you are now left standing there on the platform, waiting in vain for a train that will not be turning up for quite some time, as someone has chosen to end their existence by throwing themselves under it instead of in it. The selfish bastards!

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Could there be a clue in the fact that all these incidents have occured within the world's most important financial district, a bastion of power, money and ruthless, steel-like intention? And if there is a clue in that fact, then what does it mean? Does the City merely inspire people to top themselves? If so it clearly doesn't inspire enough.

Ouch! Move over Emile Durkheim.

I wonder, however, if these city workers aren't simply following the advice of Bill Hicks:


"If you're in advertising or marketing: Kill yourself."

Surely not? By the way, if you are, do.