May 1, 2008

So, “D.C. Madam” Deborah Jeane Palfrey killed herself.

Well, that sucks. Not that I was any great “fan” of hers — although I must admit I was hoping she’d prove to be a lifelong thorn in the sides of such shamelessly hypocritical Repugnazoids as David Vitter and Randall Tobias — it’s simply that suicide (apart from “death with dignity”) is never an option in my book.

You can ague all you like about the “morality” of taking your own life, and I’ll stay pretty mum on the subject, because suicide is one of those things — like abortion — about which I personally take a very dim view, but refuse to condemn because it’s not my place to make any judgment whatsoever about what a person does with his or her own body. (Now ya see why euthanasia, choice, and same-sex marriage are inextricably tied together? They’re all about having eminent domain over oneself.)

What really sucks about suicide is what it does to the people left behind. They’re the ones who have to live with it, not the suicidee (suicider?). What sucks even more is when the suicidee doesn’t have so much as the courtesy to do the deed in a place where s/he won’t be discovered by a loved one. Sadly, Ms. Palfrey hanged herself in an outbuilding on her 76-year-old mother’s property — so guess who found her body?

That really sucks. (Of course, I don’t know what Palfrey’s relationship with her mother was like; maybe she hated her and wanted to leave that gruesome tableau etched in her mother’s mind forever. I dunno.)

You can find the story over at Conservative Babylon, where I’m directing you for the related background on Palfrey’s trial, and on her most (in)famous clients, Vitter and Tobias.

You might also want to read our past coverage here:

Vitter Slated for Hustler Spread (So to Speak)
September 12, 2007

D.C. Madam’s Most Famous John Porks Bill with Creationist… Well, Pork.
October 8, 2007

How we missed Bill Maher’s spot-on picks…
January 12, 2008

Posted by: Sapphocrat

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