[net.suicide] net.suicide

stan (11/09/82)

What a bunch of deadbeats.

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stan (11/10/82)

There used to be message trafic here, but it all died off.

li134ad (02/16/83)

   My experience with net suicide in the past weeks has made me a
little doubtful as to the purpose of this newsgroup. I was one of the 
ones "censored" by rabbit!bimmler and his sophomoric cohorts, and I 
didn't much like it. I was also among the black-humorist kind of
writers on this net, because it was fun, and there seemed to be
little else that the newsgroup existed for. After the "takeover",
I began to wonder. There really should be a place for people to
write if they are very depressed and thinking about suicide, or
are having problems with suicidal people. A place that is free of 
other trash ( the S/N ratio in the past couple of weeks has been
atrocious ) where the serious people can talk. We black-humor
people might use the |-) on our headers, or leave for net.jokes.
People like rabbit!bimmler ( I over- compliment him with the term)
should just leave entirely, as all they wanted to do was write a lot
of tortured-intellectual bullshit and drool all over one another.
I suggest we create a net.tortured_intellectual for them
to wallow in, and for the rabbit buggerer himself there should 
be a net.takeover - a net for anyone to take over who can. Net
suicide should remain for reasonable use, as a place to deal with
such problems as depression and suicide. A supportive net, not
one filled entirely with stupid people who want to censor.

  Ideas?


				 Jack of Shadows.        (UCSD)

nelson@ssc-vax.UUCP (Paul W. Nelson) (12/20/83)

	I think it is extremely important for some of us to
	remember that we should not feel guilt over a friends
	suicide.  It is ultimately their choice, though a tragic
	one.  This is tough to live with, but we have  to.

						EAS  c/o
						Nelson

faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Daniel Faigin) (09/29/85)

Many of the net gurus have had discussions about removing low
trafic groups. Mostly, they are justified, as it will prevent
people from starting up again.

This is one low traffic group that just justified itself.
net.suicide has a place -- it is a haven for that final "cry for
help". Through net.suicide, the net reflects its humanity and
helps those on it who need support.

In the case of "misc ramplings", we did that. If net.suicide
saves even only one life, isn't it worth it.

Daniel
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