Anthony Bourdain is no longer with us.

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You're the boss. I'll try. Although, I fear my days here might be numbered.
Many folk like to engage in 'meaty' subjects occasionally. It's entirely your call to exclude all such people of course.

May I respectfully suggest that 'politics' might sometimes be a tad hard to define because there is a political component in so many subjects.
Prisons, Memorial Day, the Cost of Gas (petrol), Medicare, Zoos, the Weather (climate change) ........ ?
Jeeez, we'll have to be so guarded in what we say in case it is interpreted as 'political' ?

Presumably 'sex'and 'religion' are deemed equally dangerous ?

Hmmmmmm - not much left that is worth talking about at any length really (in my ever humble opinion). :D
 

Hi new member with ozzie politics - I'd only been watching bourdain for this year on our channels. I've been in mental health work; counsellng ; addiction couselling etc for most of my adult life - here's my take - I just liked this guy and would have loved to hang out with him not because he was nice but because he was at times brutally honest - he would call it for what it was but then again knew how to refrain and be polite - he could be a conundrum!

there are opposing views of suicide attempts and successes! - they have been mentioned here. 1. it is a selfish act and punishes those left behind 2. it is an act of sheer desperation - uncontrollable. I have a mate who has been to that point who also worked in mental health [yes we are never immune!] - he described to me once that feeling of desperation and 'uncontrollability.' take ya pick?

for me bourdain was entertaining - took me to parts of the globe I may never get to and was in fact a great chef as his curriculum vitae attests.

I feel desperately sorry for his daughter and yes can feel the 'selfishness' BUT also perhaps the isolation ; loneliness ; despair and desperation he must have had in his last moments. And I feel cheated out of a very human and entertaining character who had many years left to live and entertain!

RIP anthony - I yest lurved ya man!
 

Andrew Zimmern has the same sort of show as Anthony did but I've always liked Anthony better.......mama on the other hand likes Andrew better.

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I was talking to my son recently and he told me of a part of Anthony's life. He had been filming in Bali and liking it - his crew moved onto the next 'gig' and he stayed on for a few days in Bali. He then got an urgent call to get over here quick we have to start filming again and Anthony's response was No - I just wanna stay here - it's so cool and laid back' - I think at this stage he must have thought 'where is all this going too' and I did get the feeling that in his latter years he was growing bored with it all and it was just a means to make money. He knew he was well known and it was a good way to earn a buck but he became very bored! BUT heh that happens to us all BUT why suicide - I've been in the 'suicide game' and I do not jest for 58 yrs and I still don't know - some say it's chemical - could be - some say situational - could be - some say spiritual - could be - roll the dice man!
 
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