[ WP ] Two strangers are about commit suicide talk to each other about why they 're doing this . They have conflicting reasons .

`` What the hell are you doing here?'' Says one. 
 
 `` Same as you, I imagine,'' says the other. 
 
 `` Oh. I thought maybe you'd come out to stop me.'' 
 
 `` No. I had no idea anyone else was even out here.'' 
 
 Each stares at the other, and at the ground below. Neither had anticipated having an audience, at least not so close to them. 
 
 `` So what brings you out here?'' 
 
 `` What?'' 
 
 `` Why are you doing this?'' 
 
 A shrug. `` This world. It's... not a world I feel welcome in, anymore.'' 
 
 A wry smile. `` Yeah. Sounds familiar.'' 
 
 `` The stares I get, the slurs people mutter under their breath...'' 
 
 `` The things people throw at me...'' 
 
 `` Oh my god, you get that too?'' 
 
 `` Hey!'' One protests. `` Do n't take the Lord's name in vain.'' 
 
 A shrug. `` Sorry.'' 
 
 `` Not taking God seriously is how the fags and the atheists took this country over in the first place.'' 
 
 ``... Oh,'' says the other. 
 
 `` If men like you would just respect the word of the Bible I would n't have to do this. I need to make them see. They'll all realize how unlivable the world has become, when marriage means nothing and our children are forbidden from prayer. I'll be a martyr for a traditional, God-fearing lifestyle. It's the only way to make a difference.'' 
 
 `` Oh man, I hope not.'' 
 
 `` Why? Are n't you doing the same thing?'' 
 
 A pause. `` I just wanted to have a family.'' 
 
 The other stares. `` No reason you should n't have a family. Be a strong father, raise your sons to be strong fathers as well, find good husbands for your daughters. There's still time.'' 
 
 The one shakes his head. `` People like you... tell me that people like me should n't have families. Not the kinds we want anyway.'' 
 
 Realization dawns. `` If you're really a perverted freak then the world will be a better place without you.'' 
 
 `` I thought you said the world would be a better place without *you*.'' 
 
 `` That's different. You... you're the corrupting influence to be scourged from our lands. I have to keep you away from our children our-'' 
 
 `` I'm a goddamn teacher, and I'm *great* with kids.'' 
 
 `` Spreading your perversion among them! I ca n't fathom the torment of their parents when they realize the abuses their young have suffered at your hands.'' 
 
 One punches. The other stumbles. Together, they fall.
