No, I don't like that we live in a world where men like Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton are put in places where suicide is necessary to avoid extremely unhappy circumstances. Here this dude is, just trying to pursue his dreams--isn't that 'the American dream'?--of just being a weird dude bootlegging alcohol and enjoying life, but Noooooo, the federal government has to step in (completely over money, the most petty thing to quibble over when he wasn't hurting anyone/he was just some old dude doing his thing) and ruin his party and ultimately cause his suicide. All those conservative politicians, going on about being pro-life, well how about not enforcing stupid laws that make people want to kill themselves when you take their pleasure away?
I'm still somewhat mournful over Hunter Thompson's death--but both of these suicides are understandable, at least. 'Characters' of the world are more likely to deeply feel the heat of oppression on their backs--suicide is the ultimate rejection for this gloomy world full of plots to kill freeness and creativity and force it back into 'acceptable' lines that don't threaten the central structure of society in ways the man hates.
The question always being, how much pain could they tolerate before killing themselves seemed like a better option then dealing with it? And sadly, due to the world we live in, that point has been reached quicker then it could have been if we lived in a more accommodating-to-strangeness type of world.
I guess all we can do is say, hey dude, hope you rest in peace, because those who knew you appreciated all you brought to the world before the world brought the end to you.
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