Crazy Like Patrick Swayze

OK, there are a lot of crazy people here in Toronto and they are doing a lot of crazy things. I don't think that the never ending winter is helping much either.

Sunday - a deranged man takes his daughter to a bridge over the 401 (Ontario's biggest and busiest highway), dangles her over the edge and calls his ex wife to tell her that he's going to kill himself and their child. Then he throws her over the edge and jumps a moment later. She survives and thankfully the bastard is dead. The poor child is still in critical condition at Sick Kids Hospital and they are unsure if she will make it or not.

Tuesday - a crazy pan handler decides to run around the intersection of Yonge and Wellesley waving 2 knives in the middle of morning rush hour. The police surround him while he taunts them to try to get them to shoot and kill him. They eventually pin him to a bike post with a cruiser, pepper spray and apprehend him. You can watch the video here (it's under March 8th).

Wednesday - Another crazy man drives up to a farmer's protest at Queen's Park (he is not a farmer) and start driving erradically. Police box his van in. Again, he taunts police to shoot and kill him, then proceeds to pour gasoline all over himself and set himself on fire. Police and firemen smash the window of the van, pull him out, and put out the fire. He is now in the hospital.

** Update March 11th ** - You can now go to the same spot and see the video filed under March 10th

What the hell is going on? Has winter really been that bad to cause so many people to snap? I can't ever imagine getting so low as to kill myself. I just don't get it. I know that there are many circumstances, some physical, which can push you to that point. But still. I feel sorry for them though (except for the child throwing bastard). It's too bad that they couldn't/wouldn't get the help that they needed.

How in the hell does somebody set themselves on fire? And more importantly, how does somebody kill their own child by throwing them off a bridge into oncoming traffic?

Unfucking believable.

*** Update ****

You know, I've been thinking and I've changed my mind. I don't feel sorry for these people at all. They put people's lives in danger, not to mention the lives of the police officers. That's a pretty shitty thing to do, and I have no sympathy for that whatsoever.