From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!utah-cs!slinac!derek Newsgroups: net.suicide Title: Re: Suicide and Salvation Article-I.D.: slinac.112 Posted: Fri Jul 2 05:13:12 1982 Received: Sun Jul 4 00:56:30 1982 There is one important distinction between suicide and a suicidal act, the intentions of the person. Consider a soldier in wartime who throws himself on a live bomb to save his fellow soldiers near him. His intention was not to die, in fact, he(she) would be more than happy if he (she) survived. This type of act has another name - heroism. Daredevils do not usually wish to die. Granted, there may be some who do which is their motivation for their acts. It is almost impossible to determine what an individual's intentions are in a lot of cases, and whether or not their death was suicide or accidental. Derek Andrew U of Saskatchewan