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From: mat@hou4b.UUCP (Mark Terribile)
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: Re: Suicide vs Martyrdom
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Date: Sun, 14-Apr-85 04:38:12 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 14 04:38:12 1985
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>	Someone who wanted to die in an acceptable way could always look over
>	the possibilities for heroic but highly dangerous deeds offered by
>	hiser environment (walking the park at night in search of victims to
>	rescue from muggers/rapists, perhaps).  Of course, after awhile of
>	that, one might find more in life to interest one; and possibly get
>	distracted from the goal of death.
> ...
>	In any case, dying like that with an endorphin/adrenaline rush would
>	probably be a lot more pleasant than the way most suicides go.

I forget exactly where this comes from, but the article it was in was written
by an old soldier, who presumably knew what he was talking about.

A guy in war needs to know he's got a home to go back to and to protect.  Now,
an awful lot of our soldiers are 19 and 20 year old kids, and a lot of them
have sweethearts, who are part of that home.

A soldier gets a ``Dear John'' letter ... she still loves him ... but she needs
someone now, and she doesn't know if she'll ever see him again.  Anyway, she's
met this guy from ... and they ...

He's shattered.  He starts volunteering for hazardous details, and after about
the fourth or fifth one, he gets killed.

She feels justified in dumping him, even thankful, since he was going to get
killed anyway.  She doesn't realize ... doesn't want to know ... that she was
the cause of his death.

Heros are sometimes victims.
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