From: utzoo!utcsrgv!ralph
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Title: murder theory
Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.704
Posted: Thu Nov 18 13:47:10 1982
Received: Thu Nov 18 14:02:33 1982

I am not anxious to pull the plug myself either, but I must protest about
this murder vs. suicide theory.
The story is: woman apppears to attempt suicide several times using
different techniques.  Conclusion: attempted murder.
Reason: a person will choose a technique and execute the algorithm:
	#define ever (;;)

	for ever {
		attempt method;
	}

NOT TRUE!
Emperical evidence suggests that women rarely commit suicide.  They only
wish to attract attention.  They will repeat with different methods until
they get what they want.
Each time they choose a method that is perceived to be optimal given passed
experience.

Men tend to just blow themselves away.

(These comments may not apply to certain age groups.)