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From: woods@hao.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: Re: More thoughts
Message-ID: <541@hao.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Jun-83 15:30:55 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 13 15:30:55 1983
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  Sorry, Gene, I honestly did not mean to offend you. The problem is, that
you cannot discuss whether suicide is morally right or wrong, *except for
yourself*. To me, it does not make sense to discuss whether someone 
else's suicide is right. That is for them alone to determine. Whether it is
the best course of action for that person is another story.
  Certainly, you *should* try to talk them out of it. Suicide is almost always
stupid (in my opinion), and talking doesn't hurt. Perhaps the suicidal person
just wants someone to talk them out of it, so they'll know someone cares.
What you can't do without interfering with their right to their own morailty,
is physically restrain them to prevent suicide.

                        GREG
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