Suicide note response #22, edited for syntax:

Date: 2003-09-25, 2:56PM

Seriously, what was your point of posting here on Craigslist? You claim that it is not a cry for help . . . sure! I was feeling a bit sad and sympathizing, but with your kind of attitude, I think the world is better off without you. Good luck! Just know that you're bound for the fires of hell. While the rest of us will continue with our sweet life and look forward to the gates of heaven awaiting us.

ADIOS!

I’m guessing this is a response to the suicide’s follow-up posting (below) because of the "but with your kind of attitude" line. It sounds like the original note made him feel one way, but then he changed after reading the follow-up. I can’t identify the "kind of attitude" in the follow-up that is so offensive. Maybe that he was unmoved by all the responses? What did he expect?

The moralistic, religious swing in mentioning the "fires of hell" and the "gates of heaven" says more about the hypocrisy, smug self-righteousness, and intolerance that religion often provokes than anything else. As if suicide is the cosmic "Go to Jail" card, as if this writer is the paragon of compassion and virtue, as if he personally knows what’s awaiting any of us.

A real compassionate "heaven" it must be that is awaiting this guy, after telling the suicide the world is better off without him and sarcastically wishing him luck. A real thrill to be knocking back pints of St. Peter’s amber with him. But if G*d gave him such a "sweet life", it makes sense that the gates of heaven await him, too. Although if the suicide has any loved ones, I’m sure they would think differently about this guy’s fate.

Or is it irony? Is he just being ironic?