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From: flaps@utcs.uucp (Alan J Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Subject: rational approach
Message-ID: <1032@utcs.uucp>
Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 14:00:54 EST
Article-I.D.: utcs.1032
Posted: Fri Dec 20 14:00:54 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Dec-85 14:32:14 EST
References: <57@ttidcc.UUCP>
Reply-To: flaps@utcs.UUCP (Alan J Rosenthal)
Organization: University of Toronto
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Summary: 

In article <57@ttidcc.UUCP> hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) writes:
>I've listened to a lot of  stories  from  suicidal  people.  Many  of  them
>seemed  rational  and  thought  out,  but it was my job to try to keep them
>alive and I did.

Hm... seems to me that you are talking about a select group of people, based
on the fact that they are phoning a suicide prevention centre.  It seems to
me that phoning for help is acknowledging that your 'rational' reasons might
not be so rational after all.  I think that even if you can't think of any,
you would probably acknowledge that there could be a rational reason for
suicide.

Do you agree?

Alan J Rosenthal
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