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From: jp@faron.UUCP (Jeffrey Picciotto)
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: Re: Suicide
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Date: Tue, 10-Dec-85 08:00:11 EST
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> So why do people say that it takes more courage to keep on living and
> that killing onesself is the easy way out?

Probably because people view suicide as a form of running away from
a problem.  Since running away from a problem is considered the 'easy'
(ie cowardly) way out, so is suicide.

--Jeff

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