From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhb5b!unc!tim
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Title: Re: net.suicide meta-discussion and other thoughts
Article-I.D.: unc.4967
Posted: Tue Apr 12 17:07:57 1983
Received: Wed Apr 13 23:01:25 1983
References: ittvax.675


The only possible motive for suicide is not, as was suggested, that
one feels that life is purposeless. That is abstract. It is possible
to feel that only your own life at this and all future points is
purposeless; in fact, I suggest this is a more common cause. This
feeling would not neccessarily be marked by depression: one could
feel that one had lived for a purpose which had been fulfilled, and
be content with death afterwards. This may well be what happened
with Koestler: anyone got more data?

Tim Maroney
decvax!duke!unc!tim

PS. We have only recently started getting net.suicide. What in God's
name did Bimmler say to start all that? Please reply by mail in a
relatively objective fashion, thanks...