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From: lied@ihlts.UUCP (Bob Lied)
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: Re: why
Message-ID: <322@ihlts.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 28-Jan-84 00:14:36 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 28 00:14:36 1984
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Ah, why.  That omni-present question.  We could be metaphysical and
say it simply does.  We could be empirical and classify its characteristics,
attempting to fit them into the structure of scientific knowledge.
Or we could simply disregard the question and discuss wombats instead.

Actually, this group does occasionally contain discussions of the
pros and cons of suicide.  Those taking the pro side don't seem
to sustain their arguments very well.

Last summer, this group was a veritable Normandy in a war of good and
evil that spanned the net from net.religion to net.flame.  Perhaps
some of the brave warriors will fill us in on what the hell that was
all about, anyway.

As for history, net lore has it that this group was created facetiously
when someone suggested a group to discuss motorcycles.  Another case
of serendipity bringing us better living through technology.  Or in this
case, better dying.

		Bob Lied	ihnp4!ihlts!lied