[net.suicide] Poison

bjob@alice.UucP (Barbara J. Orlando-Bimmler) (03/17/86)

Now Jean Smith comes to straighten us all out:

>     Well, pardon me for butting in on this conversation.

No.

>  ... let us revert to the topic of whether suicide is a
>  good idea.

Why?  It's a truth we hold to be self-evident.  You can't prove an axiom.
A mathematician ought to understand *that* much.

> One point not mentioned so far: a suicide very often leaves
> behind friends and relatives who are appalled, shocked, deeply grieved,
> guilt-riddled and so forth. Is this good?

How can you tell?  You're dead.  Or, why would you care?  You're dead.
Get serious!  ("DUMB problem!! DUMB!!!")  Besides, what does 'guilt-riddled'
mean ('guilt-ridden', maybe?).  "What walks on four legs in the morning,
on two legs in the afternoon, and on ten typing fingers at university?"
Or, "Is this the guilty party to whom I am speaking?"

And what is the 'so forth'?  Insouciant?  Ebullient?  Overjoyed?
"Old Poppa Manes finally pulled it off. What a relief!"

>     Last time I posted, I got a letter saying this whole newsgroup is a
> joke. I think it may be wearing a bit thin.

Then post something worthwhile!   If you contribute to the jokester
mentality, how can you expect others to hold a serious conversation?

3/10.  See me after class.  I want you to post one hundred times to
the net, "I will not crack jokes about suicide."

					BJO-B