DevonDeathTrip 2,366 Posted November 30, 2006 Sorry to start a new thread, I don't do it very often. Apart from Bobby Sands and his IRA buddies, has anyone actually successfully starved themselves to death in recent times? There seem to be an awful lot of attention seekers like Saddam Hussain, Ian Brady and that jailed Serbian Nationalist Leader (whose name temporarily escapes me) who do not finish what they started. I'm sure they'd get quicker results if they went on a breathing strike. And is force feeding still allowed in the UK? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted November 30, 2006 Tricky one this, the likes of fathers' rights campaigner John Mutari seem determined enough but those looking after them do have a habit of sticking in a tube and forcing them nutrients down. Re Mutari and fathers' rights, it'd be interesting to see him trying to encourage his son to eat his greens after his own performance! This helpful write-up considers the long term survival chances of those electing to starve to death. 60 days, give or take, but most of them are forced on longer. Yer right, in the circumstances, death is relatively rare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted November 30, 2006 According to an episode of Rab C Nesbitt, one unexpected bonus of hunger striking is rapturous food-related halluncinations in the final stages of the condition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,235 Posted December 1, 2006 Jeremey Paxman's great grandmother when she was refused poor relief? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted December 1, 2006 Can you post a link Windsor? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,235 Posted December 1, 2006 Ok, I may have exaggerated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Watch Beatle 41 Posted December 2, 2006 A couple of previously reported (and previously failed) hunger-strikers were Carlos the Jackal and Peter Sutcliffe. DWB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted December 2, 2006 A couple of previously reported (and previously failed) hunger-strikers were Carlos the Jackal and Peter Sutcliffe. DWB also Saddam Hussein and Jack Kevorkian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted December 2, 2006 When you look at the determined, demented nutters who've killed in cold blood and bottled out on hunger strike, it kinda casts them IRA lads - 1920s and 1980s - in a different light. I know their jailers were - ahem - a little less committed to keeping them alive but still..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
One shot Paddy 1,209 Posted December 2, 2006 I always thought it was cruel that thier meals were left with them in the cell during meal times. Just think you're starving and a plate of fish and chips is set down beside you, pure torture! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted December 5, 2006 [...] that jailed Serbian Nationalist Leader (whose name temporarily escapes) me who do not finish what they started. According to nu.nl Vojislav Seselj could die in two weeks. Four weeks would be much nicer, but we'll see. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted December 6, 2006 According to nu.nl Vojislav Seselj could die in two weeks. The tribunal now ordered that he be force fed. Traitors. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,366 Posted December 8, 2006 According to nu.nl Vojislav Seselj could die in two weeks. The tribunal now ordered that he be force fed. Traitors. regards, Hein I don't really get force feeding. What is to stop Seselj sticking his fingers down his throat and vomiting up what has just been forced in to his gullet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted December 8, 2006 According to nu.nl Vojislav Seselj could die in two weeks. The tribunal now ordered that he be force fed. Traitors. regards, Hein I don't really get force feeding. What is to stop Seselj sticking his fingers down his throat and vomiting up what has just been forced in to his gullet? It is not that easy to do. They usually strap the person down completely, force the drip through the person's nose and keep him/her strapped for a pre-determined time to allow their body to absorb it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted December 8, 2006 Vojislav Seselj ends hunger strike The ultra-nationalist Serbian leader Vojislav Seselj has ended his hunger strike after nearly a month, the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague says. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted December 8, 2006 Vojislav Seselj ends hunger strike The ultra-nationalist Serbian leader Vojislav Seselj has ended his hunger strike after nearly a month, the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague says. Traitor. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alphonsin 1 Posted December 9, 2006 A bunch of London cleaners are planning to start a hunger strike from Monday. The below from the Morning Star earlier this week, pasted because its website is subscription-based. Does it occur to anybody else, though, that if you're not going to be spending any money on food then, if anything, you should have your pay *cut*? A GROUP of cleaners campaigning for a living wage warned on Thursday that they are set to start a hunger strike in a bid to draw attention to their protest. Five cleaners based in the City of London said that they will refuse food from Monday to highlight their plight. The cleaners are members of general union T&G, which has been campaigning for over a year for a pay rise for workers employed by firms which have contracts with banks and other institutions. Cleaners in the City of London receive no sick pay, no pension, the legal minimum holiday allowance of 12 days a year plus bank holidays and often earn as little as £5.35 per hour. A T&G spokesman said: "The cleaners have said they're willing to take this step as a way of contrasting the massive profits made by City firms like the Royal Bank of Scotland with the poor pay and conditions of the City's cleaners." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted December 20, 2006 Read about this fellow and immediately thought of this thread. Refusing insulin as a diabetic as well as food adds an additional complication to the whole game... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 4, 2007 I never heard of the man, but Italian MEP Marco Pannella is in hospital while on hunger strike against Iraqi executions. Did anyone pick him for a deathpool? regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,911 Posted February 3, 2007 Isle of Man has its very own hunger striker at the moment. http://www.standartnews.com/en/article.php...mp;article=3043 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,366 Posted February 26, 2007 Here's a man who looks like he might go the distance - Inaki de Juana Chaos, an Eta terrorist implicated in the deaths of 25 people, has removed the nasal tube through which he was forcibly fed, and is now “taking no nutrients whatever”, Spain’s prison service said. He already looked very ill in a Times article on Feb 5th, Spanish authorities now have the dilemma of binding him 24 hours a day so he doesn't rip his tube out again, or letting him starve himself to death. Interesting times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,366 Posted February 28, 2007 Here's a man who looks like he might go the distance - Inaki de Juana Chaos, an Eta terrorist implicated in the deaths of 25 people, has removed the nasal tube through which he was forcibly fed, and is now “taking no nutrients whatever”, Spain’s prison service said. He already looked very ill in a Times article on Feb 5th, Spanish authorities now have the dilemma of binding him 24 hours a day so he doesn't rip his tube out again, or letting him starve himself to death. Interesting times. Bugger, he's getting fed again: "A new tube was introduced which necessitates the complete immobility of the prisoner, who is now strapped down to the bed." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted March 1, 2007 Hunger strikes are popular, but only last a few days. But with the departure of Anna Nicole Smith, who when you look back it made sense, I expect anything. Let me suggest the former member of D - Generation X - Chyna. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyna Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted March 2, 2007 Banshees, what in Gods names are you on about? Not just this thread, but most of your posts have been utter nonsense recently. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
