A riddle: man jumps off a balcony

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mustang1

Legendary Member
A man wants to commit suicide and writes a note to say he is sane and about to commit suicide. He jumps off the balcony of a tall tower. Death is certain. But what's that thing the man can see below? A huge foam very bouncy matress (or whatever that thing is called that breaks a stunt person's fall). "Wow" he thinks and decides he wants to live after all so he gets out his notepad and pencil, while falling (its a very tall tower), and writes that he changed his mind and doesn't want to die.

As he falls past a certain floor, past a window, shortly before a gun is fired from within the tower and the bullet comes out the window (you saw this in a movie right but there is an additional twist coming).

The bullet coming out the window would NOT have hit the man as he fell past the window if it weren't for a freakishly strong gust of wind that hit the man sideways and pushed him into the direction where the bullet came out the window.

The bullet hit the man, he died, and he fell to the huge matress.

Who is to blame? The man falling? The gun shooter? The wind (maybe known as act of God)? Discuss!
 

Drago

Legendary Member
Jeremy Corbyn.
 

jonny jeez

Legendary Member
[QUOTE 3934716, member: 45"]This is a perfect example of blame culture.

Who's at fault is the wrong question.[/QUOTE]
But it's not a real case study...it's a riddle
 

jonny jeez

Legendary Member
The architect is to blame (they always are) for designing a building so tall as to allow people to second guess their suicidal decisions and provide opportunity for confusion, freak wind, loose bullets and bouncy truck scenarios.

Lock up the architect.
 

winjim

Smash the cistern
Are you a coroner? I don't ask you how to do my job, so why should I help you with yours?
 

Tin Pot

Guru
A man wants to commit suicide and writes a note to say he is sane and about to commit suicide. He jumps off the balcony of a tall tower. Death is certain. But what's that thing the man can see below? A huge foam very bouncy matress (or whatever that thing is called that breaks a stunt person's fall). "Wow" he thinks and decides he wants to live after all so he gets out his notepad and pencil, while falling (its a very tall tower), and writes that he changed his mind and doesn't want to die.

As he falls past a certain floor, past a window, shortly before a gun is fired from within the tower and the bullet comes out the window (you saw this in a movie right but there is an additional twist coming).

The bullet coming out the window would NOT have hit the man as he fell past the window if it weren't for a freakishly strong gust of wind that hit the man sideways and pushed him into the direction where the bullet came out the window.

The bullet hit the man, he died, and he fell to the huge matress.

Who is to blame? The man falling? The gun shooter? The wind (maybe known as act of God)? Discuss!

...You mean "Who is to blame for the man's death"?

Is another person involved? Was the gun fired by a person, and were they trying to shoot the man?

If so, the shooter is to blame.
If not, no one is to blame.
 

MontyVeda

a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
what led the man to want to commit suicide?

I blame the wife!
 
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