From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!sdchema!bam
Newsgroups: net.suicide
Title: terminal suicide
Article-I.D.: sdchema.427
Posted: Sat Feb 19 16:20:05 1983
Received: Thu Feb 24 06:27:10 1983


Who needs poisons, now we can be terminal with our terminals.

Bret

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Posted: Sat  Feb 19, 1983   4:02 AM PST              Msg: WGED-1524-1994
From:  GANDALF
To:    LONGNAMENOCANSAY
cc:    YODA,ZORRO,FANGORN
Subj:   depressing message  


I'm not really sure how to handle the following real
message.  I just now found it on  the CBBS, and the sysop 
 has the system paging function disabled right now so I can't
query him about it.

 Msg 16403 is 10 line(s) on 02/18/83 05:50 PM
 To: ALL  From: GORDON  [YNG]
 City: SAN FRANCISCO/ CALIFORNIA
 Subj: GOOD BYE
 I CAN'T HANDLE IT ANYMORE.
 MY PARENTS ARE MAKING ME PARANOID AND I CAN'T HANDLE IT
 ANYMORE.
 I DRANK A COUPLE BEERS AND SWALLOWED
 A WHOLE BOTTLE OF SLEEPING PILLS.
 MAYBE IT WILL BE BETTER IN ANOTHER WORLD.
 THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.
 GORDON
 P.S. SYSTOP, DELETE ME FROM THE LOG IN.
 I WON'T NEED IT ANYMORE.

All I know is I think we've just seen a technological first
-- online suicide.  This message has NOT been a test.
very quietly & thoughtfully,

-AH

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