Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ecn-aa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!ecn-pc!ecn-aa!morrism From: morrism@ecn-aa.UUCP (Mitchell J Morrison) Newsgroups: net.suicide Subject: Re: finding purpose in chaos Message-ID: <59@ecn-aa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 13:35:48 EDT Article-I.D.: ecn-aa.59 Posted: Wed Aug 21 13:35:48 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 14:31:39 EDT References: <902@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Reply-To: morrism@ecn-aa.UUCP (Mitchell J Morrison) Distribution: net Organization: Electrical Engineering Department , Purdue University Lines: 43 Summary: > Isn't it the Hemlock Society that supports the right to commit suicide? Probably true. > I wonder if it is possible to find a legitimate purpose for this newsgroup > other than the occasional, whimsical posting... > etc. etc. I agree 1000%!! > Can we, in a delicate but sincere manner, discuss suicide. I mean the > motivations for it, its relation (or lack of one) to mental or physical > disorders, how friends have or should deal with the situation. I'm not > looking for textbook lectures; clinical dogma changes with time and I can get > that from a library. I'm looking for personal experience, anecdotes and just > plain thoughts, from those who know people who are or were suicidal, or those > who themselves are like this. > Terry Mason Okay. I am new to the net, but from what I hear, this newsgroup gets about 1 suicide note every month. That is not what i look for in a newsgroup. In any case, Terry has an excellent idea. And in any case, I believe if they will not let us use this newsgroup, one should be started on this subject. -morrism- Mitchell J. Morrison Hacker/Progrmmer/Consultant at Large UUCP: {decvax, ihnp4, seismo, ucbvax}!pur-ee!ecn-aa!morrism U.S. Mail: 902 S. 9th St. Lafayette, IN 47905 Ma Bell: 317-423-2054 or 317-742-5259 (both voice)