rob@alice.UUCP (10/11/85)
I read recently that 2,000,000 teenagers a year (round figure) attempt suicide. Only 5,000 are successful. That's 0.25%. Come on, people, get with it! Our youth are an embarrassment to our country.
paul@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (10/14/85)
/* Written 7:04 pm Oct 10, 1985 by rob@alice.UUCP in uiucuxc:net.suicide */ /* ---------- "Need practice" ---------- */ I read recently that 2,000,000 teenagers a year (round figure) attempt suicide. Only 5,000 are successful. That's 0.25%. Come on, people, get with it! Our youth are an embarrassment to our country. /* End of text from uiucuxc:net.suicide */ Of the 2E6 attempts, probably 50% were attempts with dull doors, blunt boxes, caustic floor tile, or kudzu. These are terrible time when teen-agers seek brain death in the arms of decorative plants.
simsong@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Simson Garfinkel) (10/17/85)
In article <28400002@uiucuxc> paul@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU writes: >Of the 2E6 attempts, probably 50% were attempts with dull doors, blunt boxes, >caustic floor tile, or kudzu. These are terrible time when teen-agers seek >brain death in the arms of decorative plants. How does one attempt suicide with a "dull door", a "blunt box" or a "kudzu" ?? What is a "kudzu" ? Where can you purchase them? Can they be used for suicidal purposes? What is caustic floor tile?