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From: simsong@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Simson Garfinkel)
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: re: Suicide (there's nothing macho about a dead body)
Message-ID: <57@mit-amt.MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 15-Dec-85 15:49:12 EST
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In article <57@ttidcc.UUCP>, hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) writes:
> I find the current tone of the discussion in  this  group  disturbing.  The
> gist  of  what  I'm  reading  seems  to  be there's something macho about a
> successful suicide while those who try and fail are spineless  wimps.  That
> has  to  be the stupidest attitude I've encountered in some time and I hope
> I'm misinterpreting it.

Definately, I'm sure that the discussion has gotten out of hand.

If, in your opinion, suicide can never be justified on psychological reasons
(e.g.: you're depressed, or your family has died, or something like that)
can it be justified on physical ones, like you have an incurable disease
(something quite common these days with AIDS and all) or you have a physical
handicap? (I know that these two cases are not the same).

Just asking...

			Simson